Ubisoft has revealed that it is proposing a loss of up to 200 jobs at its Paris headquarters as the publisher looks to continue its cost-cutting measures.
The Assassin’s Creed publisher currently has around 1,100 staff employed at its Paris offices, and the process of reducing the headcount by 200 is being organised under the voluntary Rupture Conventionnelle Collective (RCC), which involves staff agreeing to form a collective, voluntary mutual termination agreement.
Speaking with IGN, a spokesperson commented:
In line with last week’s announcements on its new operating model and the acceleration of cost-reduction initiatives, Ubisoft International has initiated discussions regarding a potential Rupture Conventionnelle Collective, a collective, voluntary mutual termination agreement that could involve up to 200 positions at its headquarters in France.
At this stage, this remains a proposal, and no decision will be final until a collective agreement is reached with employee representatives and validated by French authorities. The proposal applies exclusively to Ubisoft International employees under French contracts and has no impact on other French entities or Ubisoft teams worldwide.
Ubisoft announced last week that it is initialising a major company restructuring that has seen the cancellation of six games and a further seven delayed. The publisher also said that part of this initiative involves staff returning to office work five days a week.
Elsewhere, last week it was revealed that the French publishing giant was being sued for $1.3 million by Marc-Alexis Côté,, the former head of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, who is accusing Ubisoft of “constructive dismissal.”
[Source – IGN]