Ubisoft is said to be losing a lot of workers in the great exodus

Ubisoft is said to be losing a lot of workers in "the great exodus"

According to Axios, Ubisoft has experienced "massive departures" over the course of the last 18 months. The company has lost at least five of the top 25 credited individuals from Far Cry 6, which launched in October, and twelve of the top 50 credited individuals from Assassin's Creed Valhalla, according to a report.

According to two current developers, these departures are having a negative impact on ongoing projects, causing delays and postponements as a result.

Both mid-level and lower-level employees are leaving Ubisoft, with the majority of departures occurring in the company's Canadian offices. According to LinkedIn, at least 60 employees have been laid off from the studios in Montreal and Toronto in the last six months. The business-focused platform also indicates that Ubisoft's attrition rate is 13 percent, higher than that of EA (9%), Take-Two (8%), Epic Games (7%), and Activision Blizzard (16%)—for obvious reasons—but lower than that of Activision Blizzard.

The head of Ubisoft's people operations, Anika Grant, told Axios that the company's attrition rate is "a few percentage points higher today than it is on average." "However, it is in compliance with industry standards."

Among the reasons given for leaving Ubisoft are a lack of opportunity for advancement, opportunities at other studios, dissatisfaction with the company's creative direction, and the #MeToo and toxicity allegations that have dogged the company recently.

Currently employed by Ubisoft, a current developer explained that "abuse and toxicity are contributing factors but not deciding factors" for the majority of his colleagues, adding that "women and people of color experience them as deciding factors."

In response to its plan to incorporate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft has come under fire, with the YouTube announcement video garnering more than 30,000 dislikes.

Defending itself, Ubisoft pointed to the fact that the company has hired 2,600 new employees since April and that a recent company-wide satisfaction survey yielded a score of 74, which is in line with the overall industry average. Additionally, the departures are likely linked to "the Great Resignation," a protest movement in which employees demonstrate against low pay, poor working conditions, and companies that force them to prioritize work over everything else in their lives.