Ubisoft tries to bury internal complaints and prohibits their employees to talk with journalists

Ubisoft continues to accumulate problems regarding the sexual harassment cases in its offices. Something that began with a collective complaint and that, unfortunately, continues through questionable actions between their workforce. In this sense, several employees denounce that the French company does not seek solutions to its internal complaints, something that is aggravated by Prohibit them talking with journalists about experiences lived in the company.

Say a statement as a witness through the Idoko platform I never heard anything more than Ubisoft This information has been revealed thanks to a Kotaku report, where the statements of some affected people are read. Well, with pseudonyms to avoid reprisals from Ubisoft, employees say that, although they have presented internal complaints towards a partner, None goes ahead : I gave a statement as a witness through the Idoko platform [to make complaints Anonymous] Referring a case that a partner was already denounced and I never heard anything else , no more questions, nothing.

If it is an intentioned way of burying these things, Ubisoft employee is operating therefore, and adding cases from other compañeras, employees consider that this ubisoft inaction is intended for Avoid serious problem solving : Suddenly I began to understand the response of some Ubisoft veterans when I tried to convince them to raise their voice [on similar topics]. It was always a variation of the same thing every year, I have denounced x number of times, with Witnesses and testing, and have not done anything or the person x was ascended or moved. And the employee finishes saying that it is sad, and if it is an intentional way to bury these things, it is working.

However, there are more and more public denunciations, and that is why Ubisoft has sent an email to its staff where it remembers that your experiences and information you have access while you work in the study are privileged and can not be shared Outside the study . Something that adds with a mention of journalists: Obviously, this does not prevent journalists from trying to contact you. If this happens, we ask you to take the request to the Department of Relations with the Media. It is what should be done. , but it is also a commitment that you did under the code of conduct, the anti-filtration policy and your work 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, as it is equivalent to put their workplace at stake . What shows that, although Ubisoft took letters in the matter dismissing two senior positions and more workers by the accusations made, continues to face the problem . A decision that reminds us of the disciplinary measures taken by Activision-Blizzard, even if it continues to have judicial dilemmas that have cost him a sanction of 18 million dollars and the statement of the State of California in the case.