A Better Ubisoft launches petition to seek public support for improved working conditions

A Better Ubisoft launches petition to seek public support for improved working conditions
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Worker alliance group A Better Ubisoft has called on public support with a petition to encourage tangible change at the company.

The new petition went live on Friday, marking 100 days since the same group slammed the “empty promises” by Ubisoft in a show of support for Activision Blizzard employees during their own harassment lawsuit. As GamesIndustry.biz reports, despite over 1000 employees signing the original letter, ABU claims none of its demands have been meet by Ubisoft management.

Their demands are as follows:

  1. Stop promoting and moving known offenders from studio to studio, team to team with no repercussions. This cycle needs to end.
  2. We want a collective seat at the table, to have a meaningful say in how Ubisoft as a company moves forward from here.
  3. Cross-industry collaboration, to agree on a set of ground rules and processes that all studios can use to handle these offences in the future.
  4. This collaboration must heavily involve employees in non-management positions and union representatives.

Members of the group say they’ve presented these demands to Ubisoft’s chief people officer Anika Grant, but got back “nothing more than assurance”. Therefore they’re now calling on the public to sign and share the petition. The response so far has been very positive, with ABU calling the “outpouring of solidarity and support” over the first weekend “incredible”.

Allegations of a toxic workplace environment at Ubisoft studios have followed the publisher for some time. In its response to ABU’s original letter back in July, it said “We have carefully read the letter signed by former and current Ubisoft employees. We have a deep respect for the engagement of our teams who are pushing for changes within our industry. We want to be very clear that we take this letter – and the issues it raises – very seriously.”