Bloomberg babike ngezinsolo ezintsha mayelana nezimo zokusebenza zika-Ubisoft okusolakala ukuthi ziwukudla okwenziwa ngabasebenzi abangaphezu kweshumi nambili bangaphambili nabamanje base-Ubisoft.
We kubike ngaphambilini kanjani ngemuva kwezinsolo eziningi zokuziphatha kabi ngokocansi, abaphathi abaningi be-Ubisoft wema phansi ngesikhathi sophenyo lwangaphakathi. Imithombo engaziwa iphinde yakhuluma nezinye izitolo, ichaza isimo sokusebenza safiphalisa umugqa phakathi komsebenzi nokuzilibazisa, okusolakala ukuthi kuholela ekuziphatheni okulimazayo.
Manje iBloomberg (ngentatheli yangaphambili ye-Kotaku uJason Schreier) ibika ezinye izinsolo ezivela "ngaphezu kweshumi nambili abasebenzi bamanje noma bangaphambili base-Ubisoft" mayelana nezimo zokusebenza kwabesifazane ezitudiyo zase-Ubisoft.
Njengoba kubikiwe ngaphambilini, i-Bloomberg iphinde iqinisekise ukuthi amacala amaningi amasha okuziphatha kabi ngokocansi alethwe ku-Ubisoft ngaphambilini aye alethwa kwabasebenzi eminyakeni edlule. Ngenkathi amanye amacala aholele esenzweni, iningi lali (ngamazwi kaBloomberg) “zinganakwa, zingaphathwa kahle, noma zibukelwa phansi."
Abantu ababili abakwazi ukufinyelela imibiko bathi lezi zinsolo zihlanganisa konke okuvela “izinhlobo ezicashile zokucwasa ngobulili” ekunukubezweni ngokobulili. Izinsolo zesimo esibi sokusebenza zidlulele nasendlunkulu yaseParis- echazwe yiBloomberg ngokuthi "indlu yama-frat. "
Labo abakhuluma neBloomberg bathi kuwo wonke amahhovisi ahlukahlukene abasebenzi kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu bazophumela obala baveze imibono engafanele noma enokucwasa. Abaphathi bazophinde bathinte abasebenzi ngokungafanele kanye nezinye izeluleko zocansi ezingafunwa.
UCindy Fitzpatrick, owayeyilungu lomnyango wakwa-Ubisoft's PR phakathi kuka-2005 no-2009, uchaze ukuthi abasunguli be-Ubisoft- CEO uYves Guillemot kanye nabafowabo abane uChristian, uClaude, Gérard, Michel- bagcina bedale isimo lapho bengathweswa icala khona. izenzo.
Lokhu kusolwa ukuthi kwakunjalo “ikakhulukazi” kuyiqiniso kowayeyisikhulu sezobuciko u-Serge Hascoët, owayeke wabikwa njengomuntu ophambili ku-Ubisoft ethi “izinkinga zesiko” futhi kwadingeka "ukuziphatha okunobuthi kakhulu kulo lonke ibhizinisi." UFitzpatrick uchaza ukuthi abasunguli kanye nabasebenzi besikhathi eside abajike-abaphethe njengoHascoët babesolwa kanjani. “izingane zegolide. […] Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi benzani, babonakala bengathinteki.”
I-Hascoët yaqala njengomhloli ngenkathi i-Ubisoft isungulwa, futhi njengesikhulu sobuciko sasizoba namandla okukhanyisa nokuguqula amaphrojekthi. Ekugcineni, abasunguli baqala ukumphatha njengomunye womndeni. Izindaba ezimayelana nokuziphatha kuka-Hascoët okusolwa ukuthi zathatha iminyaka eyishumi, ngokusho kwezimangalo kubantu abayi-10 ababesebenza e-Ubisoft ngaleso sikhathi.
U-Hascoët naye uzothi “ehlisa isithunzi” Abasebenzi besifazane abangaphansi kwakhe, ngesikhathi ezungeza amadoda nawo asolwa ngokuziphathisa. Yize abasebenzi abambalwa bethi bamangale noma bashaqekile ngokubona izimpendulo zika-Ubisoft, abanye bangabaza ukuthi kungenzeka kube noshintsho njengoba ibhizinisi liqhutshwa yilabo abaphethe lapho kwenzeka lezi zinkinga.
Izisebenzi eziyisikhombisa zamanje noma zangaphambili ezikhuluma ne-Bloomberg zichaze ukuthi onjiniyela bazoshintshanisa kanjani izindaba ezimayelana ne-Hascoët kwakuyizincazelo ezingavamile, noma ezingaphansi kakhulu. Lokhu bekuhlanganisa nezinsolo zokuthi ushaye ikhanda etafuleni ekhombisa ukuthi udiniwe noma akajabule. Kusolwa nokuthi “kubhonga” ngokukhuluma ngezwi elizwakalayo phakathi nemihlangano noma lapho abasebenzi bedlula.
Abesifazane kuthiwa baxwayiswe ukuthi bangaphuzi noHascoët noma nozakwabo, futhi kusolakala ukuthi wayebamba imihlangano yebhizinisi ezindaweni zokukhumula izingubo. Lokhu kwakamuva kwakuyinto amasekela akhe nawo aqala ukuyenza. Abesifazane abenqaba ukuya kule mihlangano bazizwa behlupheka ngenxa yalokho, kuyilapho abesilisa ababeya kuyo babezokhushulelwa kamuva.
Abanye baphinde baveza ukuthi isilinganiso sabesilisa nabesifazane ngaphakathi kwe-Ubisoft kuthiwa singu-4: 1. U-Ellen Lee, osebenze iminyaka eyisikhombisa e-Ubisoft San Francisco kwezokumaketha nokukhushulwa, uthe “Isiko lakhona linzima impela njengomuntu wesifazane. Ukube ubungeyona ingxenye yeqembu labafana, ubusebenza kanzima emaphandleni.”
Ezinye izenzo ze-Hascoët ehhovisi zihlanganisa nesigameko okusolwa ukuthi kuso emhlanganweni lapho umethuli wesifazane eya endlini yangasese. Phakathi nalokhu, uHascoët ubonise ozakwabo i-video yengoma yesiFulentshi echaza izenzo zocansi nowesifazane owabelana ngegama labethuli. Wathi ukuma kancane lo wesifazane ebuyela ekamelweni.
Indawo yokuhlela kuthiwa yenziwe indlu kaHascoët, enamavidiyo ezithombe zocansi kumakhompyutha, "bhuza” ukudla kwasemini, namahlaya amaningi angafanele.
I-Bloomberg iphinde icaphune umbiko wangomhla ziyi-10 kuJulayi wephephandaba laseFrance i-Liberation, othi u-Hascoët ubeke izinkulumo ezibekela abantu ingcaca ucansi kubasebenzi, waphoqa abasebenzi ukuthi baphuze ngokweqile, futhi wanika ozakwabo amakhekhe ababengazi ukuthi aqukethe insangu. ICannabis ayikho emthethweni ukusetshenziswa komuntu siqu eFrance.
Bekunezinkinga nabanye abasebenzi. Owake waba ngumklami u-Vercuiel uthe ngenkathi iqembu labasebenzi eBulgaria libukele inqola I-Star Wars: I-Force Awakens "Abantu bavele behlangene, 'Heyi, bheka, inkawu" ngenkathi uJohn Boyega ebonakala esikrinini. Owayenguchwepheshe kwezokuthenga u-Dawn Le utshelwe ngumphathi wakhe e-San Francisco ukuthi amoyizele kakhudlwana, noma azibeke engozini yokulahlekelwa umsebenzi.
Zombili zibikwe kwabasebenzi, kanti kuthiwa azinakwa. “Ukhala ngokuthile, kuvele kushanele ngaphansi kwengubo,” UVercuiel utshele iBloomberg.
Owayeyisisebenzi samakhasimende e-Ubisoft uNina Stewart uthi ngonyaka odlule umphathi wakhe wayechaza imizimba yabanye besifazane ngendlela esobala, kuyilapho ekhuluma amazwi alulazayo ngobulili bakhe nesisindo; ngisho naphambi kwabanye abasebenzi.
Yize ekhulume kabili nabasebenzi, kuzo zombili izikhathi kuthiwa utshelwe ukuthi “xoxani" naye. Kungemva kwesithathu kuphela- futhi nokuqinisekiswa kowesilisa asebenza naye, lapho umphathi wasuswa khona. Ngokushintshana, uStewart kuthiwa wanikwa ikhadi lesipho le-Visa elingu-$200.
Izisebenzi eziyisithupha zangaphambili noma zamanje zehhovisi lase-Ubisoft e-Toronto zenze izinsolo ezimbi ezifanayo. Ngesikhathi u-Rima Brek esebenza njengomqondisi wesikhashana kwezabasebenzi (ophinde abe ngumhleli wephini likamongameli uMaxime Béland), izigameko ezimbili ezibikiwe ngaleso sikhathi kusolwa ukuthi zaholela ekutheni izisulu zizwe sengathi zikhishwe inyumbazane, futhi zibhalwe ngokuthi “abaxabanisi.”
UBéland kuthiwa ubenokuthukuthela, abasebenzi abane bethi eBloomberg ubeze amemeze ngisho nasemsebenzini emihlanganweni. Naye wayekade esolwa ukuklinya isisebenzi esisodwa sesifazane ngesikhathi sephathi. Ngenkathi indaba yabelwa abasebenzi, u-Kotaku uthi lapho indaba iqala ukwaziwa umphakathi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, uBéland waxoshwa ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva.
Ababili kwabane ababexoxa nge-Béland bathi wayethinta abesifazane ngokungafanele emicimbini nasemicimbini yasemsebenzini. U-Kotaku uphinde wathi emthonjeni wabo ongaziwa uzophawula ngendlela engafanele, aphinde agqolozele abesifazane njengoba bedlula.
Abantu abayi-10 bathi endlunkulu yaseParis u-Tommy François (osebenzisana ne-Hascoët kanye nelungu le-Ubisoft elineminyaka engu-13) wayedlala ngothando ngokukhululekile nabangaphansi, enze amahlaya okuzonda abantu abathandanayo, futhi enze amamasaji angafunwa. Abasebenzi abasha kuthiwa batshelwe lokhu kuziphatha "UTommy unguTommy."
Abantu abahlanu batshele iBloomberg ukuthi babike uFrançois kwabasebenzi kule minyaka eyishumi edlule; abanye izikhathi eziningi. Lezi bekungezeziphakamiso zocansi kanye "ukumbamba izitho zangasese." Omunye wathi naphezu kokubhalela i-CEO i-imeyili mayelana noFrançois, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni ngokushesha.
Omunye wesifazane owayesebenza endlunkulu naye wathi ozakwabo bamthumelela imiyalezo engcolile nama-video ezithombe zobulili ezingcolile. UFrançois (umphathi wakhe) kuthiwa wamcela iziphuzo "ezine noma ezinhlanu” izikhathi; ayenqaba ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Lezi zigameko kuthiwa zibikwe kwabasebenzi, kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Esikhundleni salokho, kuthiwa wake wacelwa ukuthi athuthele esitudiyo sase-Ubisoft ezweni elihlukile. Lapho ekwenza lokho, uthi watshelwa ukuthi “awukwazi ukuba umdidiyeli—ungowesifazane” njalo. Wayeka isikhathi esingaphansi konyaka ethuthile.
Isimo sengqondo sika-Ubisoft okusolwa ukuthi sine-frat-house siphinde sathinta imidlalo yabo, njengoba i-Bloomberg ichaza ngezibonelo ze Creed Assassin sika imidlalo lapho abalingiswa besifazane babonakala benqatshwa ngokuvuna abesilisa.
Izinhlobo zokuqala ze I-Assassin's Creed Syndicate kusolwa ukuthi (ngokusho kwabantu abathathu abasebenza kugeyimu) babenesikhathi esilinganayo sesikrini sabalingiswa abakhulu u-Jacob no-Evie. Umkhiqizo wokugcina ube (emazwini ka-Bloomberg) u-Jacob “ephethe” umdlalo. Izinhlelo zangaphambi kwesikhathi ze Izinhlawulo Zokusulwa Kwe-Assassin futhi ngabe uBayek wabulawa ekuqaleni kwendaba, umkakhe u-Aya ethatha izintambo.
I-Assassin's Creed Odyssey ekuqaleni kwakuhlongozwa ukuthi kube noKassandra njengokuphela komlingisi ongadlaleka phezu kuka-Alexios, nomdlalo wokugcina onikeza abadlali ukukhetha phakathi kwalaba ababili.
Lezi zinguquko kusolwa ukuthi zikhombisa ukucwasa ngobulili “okugxilile” ku-Ubisoft, ngokusho kwabasebenzi bangaphambili nabamanje. Lezi ziqondiso kuthiwa zivela ku-Ubisoft noma ku-Hascoët; bobabili bethi umlingiswa wesifazane ngeke awuthengise umdlalo.
Abasebenzi baphinde bathi bazokwenza ukuvumelana okukhulu kwezinye izindawo ukuvimbela izinguquko kwezinye, noma ukwesulwa ngokuphelele. U-Hascoët kuthiwa wayekwenyanya ukuxoxwa kwezindaba kanye nezigcawu ezisikiwe. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni ababhali kuthiwa bafaka umkhondo oqinile wabesilisa “phazamisa” wayezomenyanya kwezinye izinto.
I-Bloomberg ibeka icala ngama-flops amakhulu e-Ubisoft ngo-2019; Isigaba 2 futhi I-Ghost Recon Breakpoint, ngokuqondile ezinyaweni zikaHascoët. Becaphuna izingqikithi zabo ezifanayo (“izindawo ezinkulu zomhlaba ezivulekile ezinikeza umdlali uhlu lwemisebenzi okufanele ayifeze kanye nezindawo zokuhlola okufanele azisule“), futhi isitoko sika-Ubisoft sehla ngo-40% ngalowo nyaka.
Ngenxa yalokhu, umnyango wokuhlela walungiswa kabusha, kusolakala ukuthi unabasebenzi abayisikhombisa abakhushulelwe esikhundleni sokuba amasekela-mongameli ngaphansi kwe-Hascoët, kuyilapho besabalalisa ithonya lakhe kumaphrojekthi emidlalo nemibono eyahlukene. Nokho laba bahlanganisa uBéland noFrançois. Bonke laba abakhushulwayo kwakungamadoda.
Owake waba ngumklami wezindaba ze-Ubisoft uKim Belair ubeka umnyombo wodaba e-Ubisoft njengebhizinisi eliphethwe umndeni, wonke umuntu osezikhundleni eziphezulu esondelene kakhulu. “Wonke umqondo wenkampani kumele ushintshe. Laba badlali ababi bavunyelwe ukuthi babe khona kulolu hlelo. Kufanele sibuyekeze kabusha lolu hlelo. Kumele sibheke ukuthi kungani leli siko likhona.”
Bobabili umkhulumeli we-Ubisoft, kanye nabaphathi bangaphambili be-Ubisoft kuthiwa benqabile ukuphawula; lesi sakamuva naphezu kwezicelo eziningi.
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