Workers allege crunch and intimidation at Ubisoft's Just Dance studio

One anonymous dev said staff who were 'identified as shy' were deliberately pressured by 'intimidating' figures at the company.

at the company's Beyond Good and Evil 2 studio, devs at Ubisoft Paris are now speaking out about an epidemic of"morally and physically exhausting" work at the studio, where they're regularly pressured to crunch and projects are subject to sweeping overhauls months before launch.—mostly through the Solidaires Informatique union—devs at Ubisoft Paris tell stories of 13-hour shifts to get Just Dance 2023 out the door, with some individuals having to work even longer.

That situation wasn't helped, claim devs, by dithering among Ubisoft's upper echelons. Devs tell stories of high-level decision makers being unable to decide on a production engine for a project when only nine months of production remained.

I've reached out to Ubisoft Paris to ask for comment on these claims, and I'll update this piece if I hear back.

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