In 2020, a number of Ubisoft's actions have not been adequate. Now they're calling on the public for .
ABetterUbisoft, the group of current and former Ubisoft employees which penned an open letter in July asking for change at the company, has put together a petition "open for ALL our ers to sign", decrying Ubisoft's lack of response to key demands. The petition is accompanied by a message of "you disappoint us" to CEO Yves Guillemot, in reference to the goofy retention emails Ubisoft sent to lapsed Far Cry 6 players.
The group reiterates its four key demands alongside the petition: to "stop promoting and moving known offenders from studio to studio", to provide employees "a collective seat at the table", for the company to participate in "cross-industry collaboration" to fight harassment and discrimination, and for this process to "heavily involve employees in non-management positions and union representatives".
CEO Yves Guillemot did pen a response to that open letter, directly address any of the employees' stated demands.
We reached out to Ubisoft for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
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ABetterUbisoft's petition comes a week after Activision Blizzard announced an array of changes in response to pressure from its own employees, including a zero-tolerance harassment policy, investments in diverse hiring initiatives, the end of forced arbitration for sexual harassment claims, and a major pay cut for CEO Bobby Kotick. Since then, the ABK Workers Alliance has publicly asked Kotick if he is "prepared to voluntarily recognize a union".