After the salary negotiations have repeatedly bumped into the wall, on February 14th, nearly 700 French Ubisoft employees took on the street under the call of the French gaming workers union STJV.Participated in a one -day strike.
The fuse of the strike incident is the salary negotiations held by Frances Ubisoft Studio almost every year.In a few weeks, I visited a number of French Ubisoft studios, and personally participated in several annual salary negotiations. It was trying to find a compromise solution that can be accepted by the workers of the workers at the same time, but these negotiations ended in failure without exception.
According to the recent financial report released by Ubisoft, the companys operation is healthy and stable."Far higher than expected", and the net sales in the third quarter also performed well, and the net booking amount of the game increased by 43.1%year -on -year. Ubisoft expects that the reservation volume in the fourth quarter will be "significantly increased" to reach a record high of the annual net reservation.The situation is good.
But the problem is here. STJV believes that considering Ubisofts profitability, the companys reward mechanism provided by employees is very unbalanced, and salary growth has been behind for two consecutive years.In the inflation rate.Another French union Solidaires Informatique also participated in the salary negotiations. They hope that all employees in Ubisoft in France will increase their salary by 5%, while Ubisoft management is only willing to raise a salary of 2-3%depending on the companys situation.
Such perfunctory salary increase obviously cannot satisfy the union and employees."The pretext of cutting policies as an excuse", salary increase "below last year, lower than the inflation rate, and below the companys profitability. In other words, this is an unacceptable proposal."
The negotiation rupture of the two parties has led to the strike operation on February 14. After half a month of preparation, nearly 700 employees of the Yibi Studio French Studio protested by the street to protest the streets.Forms expressed their dissatisfaction. According to on -site reports, the strike also received the support of many employees and student groups from other companies.
This is not the first large-scale strike in the French Ubisoft employee. As early as February last year, the Ubisoft Paris studio was once.Once the outbreak, participants accounted for 15%of the strikes of the studio employee.At that time, the employees chose to gather in the future of the self -service restaurant to talk about the companys future. Everyone generally believes that Ubisofts overall strategy is failure. On the one hand, the goal that cannot be achieved, on the other hand, it is a harsh working conditions. They hope that the company can practice 10%Of the salary increase strategy and 4 -day work system, but after some negotiations, the companys chief financial officer Anika Grant still rejected these proposals.
Perhaps it is the mild strike that it is difficult to defend their rights and interests, and there are 700 peoples street protest today.At the moment when the tide of layoffs in the gaming industry has become more and more intense, the welfare of employees and the beautiful vision promised by the company are gradually disappearing. It is difficult to say whether the strike can fundamentally change the treatment of the Ubisoft studio in France, but at least weWitness the process of being united and seeking the well -being of employees who are united together.
