Ubisoft fires an Assassin’s Creed veteran after publicly criticizing the company

The internal restructuring and the mandatory return to the office spark a new controversy.

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Ubisoft is going through one of its most delicate moments in recent years. The cancellation of projects and the internal adjustments announced recently are now joined by a case that has generated a strong debate within and outside the industry: the dismissal of a veteran developer of the Assassin’s Creed saga after openly criticizing the company’s decisions.

The context is not minor. Ubisoft has initiated a restructuring that includes the mandatory return to face-to-face work five days a week, putting an end to remote work. This measure, along with cuts and organizational changes, has been met with criticism even from within the company itself.

A dismissal that comes after internal criticism

The affected individual is David Michaud-Cromp, team leader at Ubisoft Montreal and a developer with a long history in Assassin’s Creed. Through LinkedIn, Michaud-Cromp harshly criticized the back-to-office policy, questioning the argument of “collaboration” and suggesting that the real goal was to push a part of the staff to leave voluntarily.

• Shortly after publishing that message, the developer himself confirmed that Ubisoft had suspended him for three days without pay, citing an alleged breach of loyalty. The situation did not end there. Days later, Michaud-Cromp publicly announced that he had been fired with immediate effect, without going into details about the internal circumstances and ensuring that he would take some time before communicating his next steps.

In the face of the case’s repercussions, Ubisoft issued a brief statement assuring that expressing opinions in a respectful manner does not lead to dismissals, recalling the existence of an internal Code of Conduct that all employees review and sign annually. The company claims that, in case of non-compliance, proportional measures are applied according to the severity and recurrence, and that it will not make further comments on the matter.

The case has reignited the debate about working conditions in the industry and the real margin that employees have to express disagreement with corporate decisions.