{"id":404535,"date":"2026-02-02T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404535\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T22:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T22:05:08","slug":"ubisoft-employee-who-was-suspended-for-criticising-the-company-has-now-been-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404535\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Employee Who Was Suspended For Criticising the Company Has Now Been Fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ubisoft<\/a> employee who took to social media last week to say he had been placed on a 3-day suspension after comments criticising the company<\/a> has now said he has been terminated by Ubisoft.<\/p>\n

David Michaud-Cromp, who has worked at Ubisoft for more than 13 years, took to social media last week to announce that his suspension was related to \u201cpublic comments\u201d that he \u201cexpressed regarding the company\u2019s return-to-office policy<\/a>, and based on an alleged breach of the duty of loyalty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Insider Gaming gave Ubisoft the opportunity to comment on our coverage of Michaud-Cromp\u2019s suspension, but did not, only acknowledging that the opportunity was given.<\/p>\n

However, following our coverage, screenshots of Michaud-Cromp\u2019s comments in Ubisoft\u2019s internal communication channel, Agora, were sent to Insider Gaming, providing greater clarity on why the suspension and, now, the termination may have occurred. <\/p>\n

Michaud-Cromp criticised Ubisoft\u2019s RTO policies, the closing down of studios, and investing in GaaS that \u201ckeeps running away to bite us in the bollocks,\u201d he said. Michaud-Cromp also hit back at the decision to have Vantage Studios run by now co-CEO Charlie Guillemot, who is the son of Ubisoft\u2019s CEO Yves Guillemot, citing that he\u2019s pretty much only got Unagi games on his resume.<\/p>\n

In his message, he continued to say that it\u2019s the employees who pay the price for successive bad decisions taken by executives, who \u201ckeep swimming in millions of dollars\u201d. He concluded that he agrees costs should be trimmed, but that it needs to start at the top, because nothing will change otherwise.<\/p>\n

Frankly, I think everyone at Ubisoft, both internally and externally, is on board with this message, but perhaps it was a little too transparent.<\/p>\n

According to Michaud-Cromp, Ubisoft has concluded that Michaud-Cromp can no longer work at the company and has subsequently decided to terminate his position.<\/p>\n

Both current and former employees can contact me securely and anonymously at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0if you would like to weigh in on current events, or share your story.<\/p>\n

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