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The French video game publisher was rocked this summer by a wave of accusations of violence and sexual harassment.

To date, a quarter of Ubisoft employees have been victims or witnesses of "bad behavior at work", according to the results of an investigation launched by the company after testimonies from several employees who had then spoken freely.

"The survey showed that around 25% of those questioned have been victims or witnesses of some form of bad behavior at work during the last two years", reveals an internal letter signed by the CEO of the company Yves Guillemot , of which AFP obtained a copy on Monday.

More women victims or witnesses than men

“The percentage of women who said they had experienced or witnessed discrimination, harassment or inappropriate behavior was on average 30% higher than that of men.

For non-gender employees, it was around 43%, ”he explains.

Finally, 34% of respondents who had reported an incident did not feel supported by their management, according to this anonymous study in which nearly 14,000 employees participated out of a total workforce of some 19,000 employees, 22% of whom were women.

Investigations still in progress

“Some investigations are still ongoing, and we will continue to investigate any new allegation raised through our whistleblowing channels,” says Yves Guillemot.

The company has launched several internal investigations since the first revelations and began to restructure its human resources department, accused of covering up certain toxic behaviors.

Since the emergence of the first testimonies at the end of June, several leaders of the group have been pushed towards the exit or have resigned, including the number two of the group Serge Hascoët, who left his post as head of creation in mid-July.

The head of the Montreal studio also left Ubisoft, followed some time later by the vice-president in charge of the editorial service of Ubisoft, Tommy François, quoted in several testimonies published in the press as responsible for harassment and attempted sexual assault. .

The group's human resources director has resigned from her post.

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