Several employees assure that their complaints are going nowhere and denounce the lack of solutions.
Ubisoft continues to accumulate problems regarding sexual harassment cases in their offices. Something that began with a collective complaint and that, unfortunately, continues through questionable actions among its staff. In this sense, several employees denounce that the French company does not look for solutions to their internal complaints, something that is aggravated by prohibit them from talking to journalists on experiences lived in the company.
I gave a statement as a witness through the Idoko platform I never heard anything elseUbisoft employeeThis information has been revealed thanks to a report from Kotaku, where the statements of some affected people are read. Well, with pseudonyms to avoid retaliation by Ubisoft, the employees say that, although they have filed internal complaints against a colleague, none of them go ahead: “I gave a statement as a witness through the Idoko platform [para hacer denuncias anónimas] referring to a case that a colleague had already reported and I never heard anything else, no more questions, nothing. “
if it’s an intentional way to bury these things, it’s workingUbisoft employeeTherefore, and adding cases of other colleagues, the employees consider that this inaction by Ubisoft is done on purpose to avoid solving serious problems: “Suddenly I began to understand the response of some Ubisoft veterans when I tried to convince them to raise their voices [sobre temas similares]. It was always a variation of ‘The same thing happens every year, I have reported X number of times, with witnesses and evidence, and they have not done anything or person X was promoted or transferred.’ “And the employee ends by saying that” It’s sad , and it is an intentional way to bury these things, it’s working. “
However, there are more and more public complaints, and that is why Ubisoft has sent an email to its staff where it reminds that “your experiences and the information to which you have access while you work in the studio are privileged and cannot be shared outside of the study“Something that is added with a mention to journalists:” Obviously, this does not prevent journalists from trying to contact you. If this happens, we ask you to take the petition to the Media Relations Department. It is what should be done, but it is also a commitment that you made under the Code of Conduct, the Anti-Leaks Policy and your employment contract“.
Therefore, Ubisoft does not hesitate to reiterate that its employees are prohibited from expressing the problems that occurred in the company through public means, since it is equivalent to put your job on the line. Which shows that, although Ubisoft took action on the matter by firing two senior officials and more workers for the accusations made, still not facing the problem. A decision that reminds us of the disciplinary measures taken by Activision-Blizzard, although it continues to have legal dilemmas that have cost it a sanction of 18 million dollars and the intervention of the state of California in the case.
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