Ubisoft has not had any layoffs. They haven’t even had a full hiring freeze. They have just not hired people at the same rate as before. I just wanted to clarify that.
Didn’t Ubisoft layoff 45 people in April, and then 100+ people before last Christmas? Sure that’s not Google/Microsoft numbers, but I’m struggling to see how that’s not related to the “reducing headcount” here.
They’ve also had a bunch of games cease production/get quietly cancelled, and if there were contractors working on those instead of full employees, those wouldn’t count as “layoffs”.
Sept. 2023 - they closed their London studio and 60 positions were “affected” (they never said if they were let go or redistributed within the company)
There has been reorganisations, yes. Some of these has affected jobs. Every affected person has been given relocation offers. The amount of restructuring has not been much higher than any other year.
I feel this doesn’t compare to the mass layoffs at most tech giants lately.
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Ubisoft has not had any layoffs. They haven’t even had a full hiring freeze. They have just not hired people at the same rate as before. I just wanted to clarify that.
Didn’t Ubisoft layoff 45 people in April, and then 100+ people before last Christmas? Sure that’s not Google/Microsoft numbers, but I’m struggling to see how that’s not related to the “reducing headcount” here.
They’ve also had a bunch of games cease production/get quietly cancelled, and if there were contractors working on those instead of full employees, those wouldn’t count as “layoffs”.
Edit: Apr. 2024: Ubi lays off 45.
Nov. 2023: Ubi lays off 124 people, 98 in Canada
Sept. 2023 - they closed their London studio and 60 positions were “affected” (they never said if they were let go or redistributed within the company)
May 2023: Ubi Lays off 60 people
There has been reorganisations, yes. Some of these has affected jobs. Every affected person has been given relocation offers. The amount of restructuring has not been much higher than any other year.
I feel this doesn’t compare to the mass layoffs at most tech giants lately.