Ubisoft Toronto Harassment
This week andrien escoblades gbinigie the product and brand marketing manager for ubisoft was accused of sexual harassment and assault by several female employees.
Ubisoft toronto harassment. Gbinigie has been working with ubisoft for over eight years having been directly involved with the production of titles like assassins creed and watch dogs. We the undersigned employees of ubisoft toronto are coming to you with grave concerns about ongoing reported harassment and an inability to feel safe or protected within our own studio it. Medium has since taken down gbinigies post stating that it is under review for violating website rules.
Ubisoft has been the subject of an ongoing investigation into multiple allegations of abuse harassment and misconduct against staff. Read three employees of paris based game developer ubisoft have resigned been fired or placed on leave after allegations of harassment within the company sexual. Ubisoft brand marketing manager andrien gbinigie has been accused of rape by gaming industry peer kathryn johnstonthis comes about after johnston detailing her online account of gbinigies alleged actions at and leading up to pax east 2014.
Employees of ubisoft in toronto had told company leadership they had grave concerns about ongoing reported harassment and an inability to feel safe or protected within our own studio in a letter. Serge hascoet chief creation officer cecile cornet. The allegations began swirling on social media in june and it became quickly apparent that ubisoft had a problem.
As a result several ubisoft employees have resigned or been terminated including serge hascoet maxime beland the co founder of ubisoft toronto and yannis mallat the managing director of ubisofts canadian. Tue july 7 2020 timer 3 min. Three ubisoft executives have resigned following a wave of accusations of abuse harassment and toxic work environments plaguing the publisher.