An Assassin's Creed designer, David Michaud-Cromp, says he has been placed on unpaid disciplinary leave and later dismissed after publicly challenging Ubisoft's new return-to-office rules. His LinkedIn post about the policy has become a focal point as staff and unions push back against the publisher's wider restructuring moves.

  • David Michaud-Cromp — credited as an Assassin's Creed designer — reported being put on unpaid leave after criticizing Ubisoft's shift away from remote work on social media.
  • Ubisoft plans to require employees to work from offices five days a week while offering a limited annual allotment of remote days, a reversal from broader remote-work allowances.
  • The company is navigating major internal changes, including project cancellations, reorganisation and rounds of voluntary redundancies that have alarmed staff.
  • French unions have escalated, calling for strike action and demanding the studio's CEO step down in response to the RTO mandate and recent personnel moves.
  • The dispute highlights tensions between management efforts to consolidate teams on-site and growing employee concerns about job security, workplace flexibility and how dissent is handled.

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

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