Ubisoft Paris staff called to strike following CEO's 'ball is in your court' comments

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Ubisoft Paris staff called to strike following CEO's 'ball is in your court' comments
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Union workers at Ubisoft Paris have been called to strike in response to CEO Yves Guillemot's comments to employees tha…

"Today more than ever, I need your full energy and commitment to ensure we get back on the path to success," Guillemot wrote in anlast week."I am also asking that each of you be especially careful and strategic with your spending and initiatives, to ensure we're being as efficient and lean as possible. The ball is in your court to deliver this line-up on time and at the expected level of quality, and show everyone what we are capable of achieving.

"If the request to employees to be 'especially careful and strategic with your spending' is supposed to be ironic considering the company's editorial strategy of the last few years, it is not funny," it wrote."When Mr. Guillemot speaks of 'attrition' and 'organisational adjustments', it means: staff reductions, discreet studio closures, salary cuts, disguised layouts, etc.".

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