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'A creative director who rubbed himself up against staff in the elevator, soliciting for oral sex and drugging employees': Inside gaming giant Ubisoft's 'toxic' environment as FIVE senior staff behind Assassin's Creed resign and two are suspended
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The French gaming giant launched the probe last month after troubling allegations of sexual misconduct and a 'toxic' working environment surfaced
- Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoet, the man behind Assassin's Creed and other blockbusters, has resigned effective immediately
- Vice Presidents Tommy Francois and Andrien 'Escoblades' Gbinigie have also been suspended - each man faced at least three claims of misconduct
- More than 20 other employees are currently under investigation with more departures likely, reports suggest
- Ashraf Ismail, the creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, stepped down from the company last month amid allegations of infidelity
- ‘Ubisoft has fallen short in its obligation to guarantee a safe and inclusive workplace environment for its employees,’ the company said
| People forget the rules of normal behaviour in a skunkworks situation — and the cleanup afterward reveals the destroyed lives. After the first year working in one such group, Mr. Wife negotiated a more normal assignment in the company; he could see where it was going, and did not want to be part of the crash at the end — despite the great strides they were making in the project itself. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-13 |
