The call goes out for a 'massive international strike' at Ubisoft: 'We are treated like children who need to be supervised, while our management gets away with lies and breaking the law'

A protester wears a mask bearing the likeness of a "Raving Rabbids" Ubisoft video game character as employees demonstrate, launching a 3-day strike at the French video game headquarters Ubisoft in Saint-Mande, outside Paris, on October 15, 2024. Workers at video game giant Ubisoft began three days of strike action in France on October 15 in a dispute over home working and pay, hitting a firm already struggling with poor sales and a collapsing share price. The value of Ubisoft shares has collapsed by more than 40 percent since the beginning of the year, touching their lowest level in 10 years in September. This week's strike, caused by a September message from management insisting on a return to three days working in the office for all staff worldwide, follows on from another walkout in February when hundreds in France joined a dispute over pay. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images).

Five unions representing Ubisoft employees in France have called for a "massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees" in response to the company's recently-announced restructuring and return to office mandate.

Ubisoft announced the overhaul of its studio structure last week, a process that includes the cancellation of six games in development (including the repeatedly-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), multiple delays, and the closures of "several studios," with attendant layoffs. It followed that up with a demand that all employees return to full time in-office work, and then initiated a 'Rupture Conventionnelle Collective' process in order to reduce the workforce at its Paris HQ by 200 people. Naturally, there was also fresh noise about AI.