One of Ubisoft Montreal’s more experienced designers was fired after publicly criticizing the parent company and its leadership.
The company Ubisoft recently announced a major restructuring that entailed numerous game cancellations and the closure of several studios. The situation in the studios of the French publisher is by no means great, and one employee decided to speak publicly about it.
David Michaud-Crompa level designer at Ubisoft Montreal shared on social media last week that he was suspended from his job for publicly expressing his views on the company he spent the last 13 years with.
Michaud-Cromp criticized the moves and changes in the company on Ubisoft’s internal channels, and he did not owe the company’s leadership either. He wrote how investing in live service games is ruining Ubisoftand he also criticized the appointment of Charlie Guillemot, the son of Ubisoft’s president, to the leadership position of the new branch that deals with Ubisoft’s most successful series.
Michaud-Cromp said at the end that the employees of Ubisoft they apologize for the mistakes of the head of the company which are bathed in millions of dollars.
His bosses did not like the statement, and in the end it was decided that his employment contract would be forcibly terminated.