Ubisoft has laid off 60 folks from its North Carolina and Newcastle, UK places of work. The cuts appeared to have impacted Ubisoft’s customer support division essentially the most.
“Ubisoft’s Buyer Relation Heart group is evolving its group to concentrate on the place we will have a big influence whereas remaining steadfast in our dedication to persistently assist our gamers anyplace on the planet.” the corporate stated in an announcement.
Ubisoft continued: “We estimate that, attributable to organizational modifications, 60 group members from our places of work in Cary, North Carolina within the US and Newcastle within the UK could possibly be impacted.”
A number of now former workers have already taken to Twitter to verify that they’ve been laid off by the corporate. In keeping with these workers, they weren’t given advance discover in regards to the cuts.
I (and about 60 different superb folks) have been laid off in the present day with no discover. I am divorced, residing alone with a mortgage, and have a daughter who I really like and assist, so if any of you could have any leads, please attain out. Thanks a lot. <3
— Matthew Hayes (@MatthewFace) Might 10, 2023
I used to be laid off after 6 years as a lead from Ubisoft. If anybody has leads, ideally wfh for social media positions, please let me know ?
— ✨jessie✨ (@leftistcutie) Might 10, 2023
I simply received let go from my job at Ubisoft in an enormous layoff out of nowhere. With no indication or preparation.
I actually simply do not know methods to really feel. If anybody has any job leads on recreation audio stuff, or simply recreation tech stuff let me know. I am in a bizarre place rn lol
— Matthew Harnage (@matthewharnage) Might 10, 2023
This information comes after a report again in January the place Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot addressed a company-wide Q&A about an upcoming restructuring. Guillemot’s feedback throughout the Q&A additionally prompted a name for a strike on the firm’s Paris studio.
The corporate has confronted a number of hardships over the previous few years. Ubisoft delayed Cranium & Bones for the sixth time and canceled three unannounced video games. Moreover, video games like Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Simply Dance 2023 underperformed. Again in February, Ubisoft admitted that the entire delays and cancelations have been mandatory as a result of the corporate was making too many video games without delay.
Ubisoft isn’t the one online game firm that’s at present going by layoffs. Others comparable to Unity, Personal Division, Xbox Video games Studios, and Riot Video games all laid off workers this 12 months.
George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He is been writing in regards to the business since 2019 and has labored with different publications comparable to Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.
When not writing about video video games, George is enjoying video video games. What a shock! You possibly can observe him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey
