Employee advocacy group A Better Ubisoft has claimed that the company has not acted on a single demand, 100 days after they were made. The four demands focus on combatting the allegations of harassment, abuse and discrimination that Ubisoft has faced for some time now. Overall they call on the company to take meaningful steps to address the complaints, and include staff in these changes.
Following 100 days of aparant inaction, the group have launched a petition. They ask all of their supporters to sign and send a message to management that change needs to happen now, as some feel that the industry giant has fallen behind Activision Blizzard in terms of preventing the reported abuse from happening again.
The list of demands, that continue to go unaddressed, are as follows:
1. Stop promoting and moving known offenders from studio to studio, team to team with no repercussions. This cycle needs to stop.
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.
IWGB Game Workers, a British union representing those in the gaming industry, has previously spoken to TheGamer about Ubisoft's response to the allegations.
"Promises of surveys and vague words about improving HR just aren't good enough," said IWGB spokesperson, Jessica Hyland. "I would urge all workers at Ubisoft studios to reach out to their trade unions and the @ABetterUbisoft group, both for mutual support in a stressful time and to coordinate organising actions across the company."
Ubisoft has faced mounting pressure from its employees to take action, following Activision Blizzard higher-ups finally addressing its own allegations. As we previously reported, employees are calling on Ubisoft to act on their demands in a similar fashion.
"In just three months it seems that they [Activision Blizzard] have listened to the concerns of employees and acted on them", read a statement from A Better Ubisoft. "While our demands are not identical, many overlap and could be addressed through similar actions just as swiftly..."