OrangeRKN wrote:Were they not "walk before you are pushed" situations? I believe a couple of people were fired too (like the former director of Assassin's Creed Valhalla).
Yves also unambiguously apologised. The sincerity can of course be questioned (especially given the timing and presentation of the apology) but the statement is clear.
Maybe some of them were fired. I believe (citation needed - this is Jim Sterling, not the most impartial of witnesses) that the ones who walked are allowed to keep their stock options and so continue to profit from the company.
I don’t agree that what Yves did was unambiguously apologise. He talked around the issue: ‘This summer, we learned that certain Ubisoft employees did not uphold our company’s values, and that our systems failed to protect the victims of their behaviour.’ Nowhere in there is it mentioned what they did. ‘Didn’t uphold values’ ferchrissake. He also timed it atrociously as you say. I’ll agree that it’s not a Priti Patel non-apology, but that’s all the goodwill I’ll give him. I don’t agree that it’s a clear statement at all.
There’s also the fact that he presided over a company where this was allowed to flourish. He should have been a damn sight more contrite than he was as a result.
I’ll be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt if at some time this year, unprompted, he brings it up and what the company’s done to improve things. So far I’ve seen a whole lot of nothing, and many of the people to blame parachute merrily out.