Ubisoft Implements Pay Raises At Canadian Studios In Bid To Retain Key Talent

Ubisoft, which has been beneath hearth for over a 12 months now because of claims of a poisonous office and harassment at a lot of its worldwide studios, has taken a major step to placate disgruntled employees. In doing so, nevertheless, the Far Cry and Murderer’s Creed developer might need solely created additional discord amongst its workers members.

Kotaku is reporting that the corporate has applied pay raises throughout the board at its Canadian studios, “to fight an exodus by a lot of its most senior builders.” The studios, based mostly in Montreal, Quebec Metropolis, Toronto, Chicoutimi, Halifax, and Winnipeg, are accountable for the event of Ubisoft’s largest titles. The raises quantity to five% to 7% for junior workers, whereas these in additional senior positions will obtain as much as a 20% improve. Staff can even obtain extra trip days and higher pay throughout parental depart.

Whereas showing to be a beneficiant gesture on the floor, the distinction in pay fee has struck many, together with the voices behind the A Higher Ubisoft initiative, as lower than passable. “By weighting the pay rises enormously in favor of senior workers, administration are exacerbating the hole between the extremely and low paid employees,” a spokesperson for the group stated, saying that the transfer does “completely nothing” to deal with their grievances, which have been re-iterated late final week:

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Ubisoft billed the adjustments as being prompted by the elevated price of dwelling in Canada. It was the primary time the corporate had made such a mid-year adjustment, which additional lends credence to the notion that it is “desperately making an attempt to carry on to what few skilled devs are nonetheless right here,” as one dev in a Canadian studio put it.