07-26-2020, 12:49 PM
Ubisoft Québec boss departs ‘independently’ of emerging allegations
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ubisoft-quabec-boss-departs-independently-of-emerging-allegations.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Andrée Cossette, managing director of Ubisoft Québec, is departing the studio in the midst of a wave of allegations of abuse emerging from across Ubisoft’s many studios.</p>
<p>Cossette’s departure is oddly timed. For her part, <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffblanchet/status/1286372430177603585?s=21">a post on social media</a> seems to indicate that the exit isn’t tied to the numerous allegations about life at Ubisoft, but rather a normal departure after 22 years with the company.</p>
<p>The truth seems far more complex. It’s worth reiterating that <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/365581/Report_Ubisoft_suspends_two_executives_accused_of_sexual_and_physical_abuse.php">across the numerous stories</a> <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/365769/The_Ubisoft_paradox_How_the_publisher_enabled_a_culture_of_abuse_and_control.php">we’ve reported on Ubisoft</a>, the pattern of abuse not only encompasses employees who treated other Ubisoft developers like sexual objects or emotional punching bags, but a culture in management that allowed abuse to take place as long as the games shipped on time.</p>
<p>Among other issues, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse">Ubisoft Québec is one studio</a> where developers <a href="https://twitter.com/mariejasmin_/status/1285565180097761281?s=20">fought “tooth and claw”</a> to get playable female characters like Evie implemented in their games while facing intense pushback from Ubisoft leadership. It’s a far less egregious offense than the abuse of employees, but it’s one notable incident that allegedly took place under Cossette’s watch.</p>
<p>Ubisoft has <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1286699634065379329">released a statement</a> stating that Cossette’s departure is not timed to the allegations. By their account, it’s perfectly normal for studio leadership to leave the company in the midst of an international crisis.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/07/...legations/
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ubisoft-quabec-boss-departs-independently-of-emerging-allegations.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Andrée Cossette, managing director of Ubisoft Québec, is departing the studio in the midst of a wave of allegations of abuse emerging from across Ubisoft’s many studios.</p>
<p>Cossette’s departure is oddly timed. For her part, <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffblanchet/status/1286372430177603585?s=21">a post on social media</a> seems to indicate that the exit isn’t tied to the numerous allegations about life at Ubisoft, but rather a normal departure after 22 years with the company.</p>
<p>The truth seems far more complex. It’s worth reiterating that <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/365581/Report_Ubisoft_suspends_two_executives_accused_of_sexual_and_physical_abuse.php">across the numerous stories</a> <a href="https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/365769/The_Ubisoft_paradox_How_the_publisher_enabled_a_culture_of_abuse_and_control.php">we’ve reported on Ubisoft</a>, the pattern of abuse not only encompasses employees who treated other Ubisoft developers like sexual objects or emotional punching bags, but a culture in management that allowed abuse to take place as long as the games shipped on time.</p>
<p>Among other issues, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse">Ubisoft Québec is one studio</a> where developers <a href="https://twitter.com/mariejasmin_/status/1285565180097761281?s=20">fought “tooth and claw”</a> to get playable female characters like Evie implemented in their games while facing intense pushback from Ubisoft leadership. It’s a far less egregious offense than the abuse of employees, but it’s one notable incident that allegedly took place under Cossette’s watch.</p>
<p>Ubisoft has <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1286699634065379329">released a statement</a> stating that Cossette’s departure is not timed to the allegations. By their account, it’s perfectly normal for studio leadership to leave the company in the midst of an international crisis.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/07/...legations/