In a year of crisis for the video game industry, Ubisoft Montreal has not escaped series of layoffs. Ubisoft has in fact confirmed that it is laying off 98 employees from its Canadian offices out of the more than 4,000 employees the studio currently has.
A wave of layoffs which occurs in a context of reorganization of its general and administrative teams, Ubisoft IT as well as Ubisoft’s SFX studio, Hybride. The latter having been involved in the development of the Stars Wars series
The Mandalorian from Disney Plus.
“Ubisoft is carrying out a collective layoff at its Montreal establishment as part of a reorganization of its production support services across Canada. By consolidating these functions across Canada, Ubisoft will be able to optimize its resources in order to be more viable in the long term. »
Ubisoft press release
The publisher also clarified that other positions are expected to be affected by layoffs in the rest of its Canadian offices. Thus, nearly 124 positions in total should be eliminated in the coming days, or around 2% of the workforce.
Salary cuts that Ubisoft justifies in particular by the series of cancellations and delays on some of its titles. And which come after the decision of the Montreal offices to impose a return to the office last September. Indeed, after promising the possibility of 100% teleworking, Ubisoft Montreal reversed its decision by requiring its employees to come in person at least two days a week. Announcement which had been compared to a soft layoff on the part of the company.