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Ubisoft has fired 60 more workers, adding to a list that continues to grow


Ubisoft’s plan was to make big cuts to the workforce and it seems that they are strictly following it

Ubisoft has laid off 60 workers as part of the announcement of staff cuts that they announced at the beginning of the year, and which has already had great effects in several locations, one of them its offices in Spain. With this movement, what the company (one of the largest in the video game sector at the moment) intends to do is get rid of jobs mainly focused on customer service areas.

The layoffs have occurred in the North Carolina and Newcastle offices. The company has stated that these organizational cuts allow them to focus on offering more effective and consistent support to players, something that may be shocking at first if we see how the customer service staff in several of the company’s offices has been seriously affected. reduced.

I just got let go from my job at Ubisoft in a massive layoff out of nowhere. With no indication or preparation.

I really just don’t know how to feel. If anyone has any job leads on game audio stuff, or just game tech stuff let me know. I’m in a weird pleasure rn lol

— Matthew Harnage (@matthewharnage) May 10, 2023

Ubisoft has laid off 60 workers at offices in North Carolina and Newcastle as part of its workforce reduction while it dedicates resources to advancing The Division 2 and XDefiant

«The Ubisoft Customer Relations Center team you are evolving your organization to focus on where we can have a meaningful impact, while remaining steadfast in our commitment to consistently support our players anywhere in the world. We estimate that, due to organizational changes, 60 team members at our offices in Cary, North Carolina, in the United States, and Newcastle, in the United Kingdom, could be affected.»

While a few weeks ago it was rumored that Ubisoft was developing a Splinter Cell game, it has been revealed that it has future plans for some of the titles that are already confirmed such as The Division 2, The Division: Heartland and XDefiant, the shooter multiplayer that undoubtedly promises to revolutionize the genre and receive support, content and updates over a fairly long period of timewhich positions the title as one of the most anticipated by players.

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H&M announces an ERE in Spain that will affect 588 workers and the closure of 28 stores


H&M has announced the opening of a collective dismissal procedure in Spain for organizational and economic reasons that will lead to the closure of 28 stores and affect 588 workers, according to CCOO in a statement.

Specifically, the union has reported that the fashion firm has presented this staff adjustment for organizational, productive and economic reasons in the stores, after having announced yesterday another employment regulation procedure in its Barcelona offices, the negotiation of which will begin this week. coming.

In the communication that the unions have received, H&M plans to close 28 stores, with an initial impact of 588 employees, beginning the negotiation process in September.

CCOO has recalled that with the new Royal Decree of 2023, in the event that workplace closures occur, the company must notify the labor authority at least six months in advance until the constitution of the organization occurs. negotiating table, sending a copy to the most representative unions at the state and regional level.

After last year’s mobilization processes to demand salary improvements in Spain and the agreement reached, CCOO believes that this measure is “too aggressive” and that solutions can be sought that do not involve job loss.

In this way, it is committed to negotiating with the company to maintain the greatest number of jobs, minimizing the effects of “such harsh measures” as those proposed by H&M for a workforce, which was already decimated by the ERE that occurred in 2021. with the final departure of 349 workers, compared to the almost 1,100 affected that the company had initially proposed.

Agreement in June 2023

The announcement of the cut comes seven months after reaching an agreement in principle with labor improvements for the workforce. After the mobilizations of the workers, which achieved the closure of the textile multinational’s stores, CCOO and UGT closed in June an agreement in principle with the management of H&M with labor and salary improvements for the 4,000 employees of the workforce in Spain. Among them, a sales incentive for all positions in the store of up to 50 euros per month and an increase in resources in the establishments.

CCOO then highlighted that the agreement came after the success of the strike mobilizations, called together with UGT, in the middle of the sales campaign and which led to the closure of hundreds of the fashion brand’s stores in Spain. After the pact, the two days of strike that were scheduled for July 1 and 8 were called off.

After “intense negotiations” at the headquarters of the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA), the union explained that in the agreement salary improvements were achieved as a sales incentive for all positions in the store of up to 50 euros per month, “ linked to effective presence”, which will be valid until 2025.

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Jujutsu Kaisen could suffer an unexpected stoppage: MAPPA workers threaten to go on strike over abusive work within the studio


Without a doubt, the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen is for many the best anime of all of 2023. The adaptation of Gojo’s past and the Shibuya incident has left exceptionally good moments and next-level animation. However, this technical power has had consequences.

As we have learned through a Reddit compilation post, MAPPA workers would be willing to go on strike this week after spending months receiving abusive jobs with hardly any rest. Apparently, the staff in charge of the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen He requested to delay this week’s episode, but the production committee denied him.

It turns out that, according to the comments of the workers, the episodes that we have seen every week end just a few hours before their broadcast. It seems that the next episode, 17, will continue to have good animation, but from then on things will change a lot.

As for why the episodes can’t be delayed, it seems that it is not that easy to do this kind of thing: on the one hand, the production committee is made up of many parties, so they would all have to agree to postpone these chapters. On the other hand, due to the few broadcast slots, the marketing behind the series and the Blu-Ray releases, it is very difficult to make these delays.

Arai Kazuto, director and storyboard of episode 13, commented through his personal Twitter account about his fatigue in making the anime: “I’m really deflated. Nothing is fun anymore. I can’t stand it.” In turn, Ookubo Shunsuke, director of episode 12, published an image of one of the main protagonists of Shirobakoan anime about, precisely, making anime, trying to hang herself, while visibly tired.

There have been many workers who have complained about this working method, and knowing the disastrous status that MAPPA hasIn this sense, it would not be surprising to see public complaints against the studio again for exploitation and mistreatment of animators.

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Construction Simulator 2022: Hire and activate unskilled workers


How do the unskilled workers actually work in the new Construction Simulator 2022? How can tasks on the construction site be carried out by computer-controlled assistants? Depending on what work you still have to do on the construction site, it can be quite time-consuming to do everything yourself, especially in large projects. In order to simplify individual tasks on the construction site, there are unskilled workers in the game.

Hire unskilled workers and let them work

The laborers are unlocked early in the game as part of the opening campaign and the unlocking of expansion stage S. With the activation of the laborers you can also use them directly, provided you have a task on the construction site that is assigned by the AI ​​players can be adopted.

  1. To activate the assistant, you must proceed as follows.
  2. Open the context menu on the machine using the square button (PlayStation), the X button (Xbox One) or the F button (PC).
  3. Select the symbol with the construction worker and select the activity that the unskilled worker should take on.

The important thing is, unlike what some people might know from other simulation games such as Farming Simulator 22, you cannot have all tasks carried out by the unskilled worker. The unskilled worker can, for example, help you with tasks such as buying or selling bulk goods. The unskilled worker can also refuel the vehicles and machines and repair any damage caused during construction without having to worry about it yourself.

Later in the game you can also hire additional employees with higher levels of expansion. In addition to the unskilled workers, there is also a foreman who can be used to accept additional orders at the same time.

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