All Ubisoft employees in France have been called on to join a multi-day strike after the company recently announced a new return-to-office policy. Ubisoft has 1,000 workers in its Paris office alone, which it claims is the largest video game studio in all of France.
In September, VentureBeat reported that Ubisoft had notified employees of planned company-wide changes to work setups. Ubisoft, probably most known for its popular Assassin's Creed games, said in an email signed by Chief Studios and Portfolio Officer Marie-Sophie de Waubert that it was looking to adopt a hybrid model for all its teams that would target at least three days of working in the office per week. A French union has since criticized the policy, claiming that it would do more harm than good to employees.
Several hundred employees from Ubisoft's France based offices go on strike, highlighting growing discontent within the company.
Le Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), a French union for workers in the video game industry, urged all Ubisoft employees in France to express their anger over the company's recently announced hybrid setup by conducting a strike from October 15 to October 17....
