{"id":2021024,"date":"2026-07-01T09:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2021024"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:01:17","slug":"developers-at-a-ubisoft-studio-have-gone-on-strike-in-response-to-the-publishers-latest-round-of-sweeping-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2021024","title":{"rendered":"Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher&#8217;s latest round of sweeping layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six Siege X<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher&#8217;s latest round of sweeping layoffs<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Staff demanding an end to layoffs, a return of remote work, and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/rainbow-six-siege-to-add-hardcore-playlist-in-2016-145013701883.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Rainbow Six Siege characters barricading a wall.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"rainbow-six-siege-to-add-hardcore-playlist-in-2016-145013701883.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-01T09:01:17+00:00\">July 1, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-barcelona-strike-after-layoffs?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"029df0cb-1e56-4f73-b333-5fa819bbfbdc\" data-name=\"Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0027s Rainbow Six Siege X\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Tom Clancy&apos;s Rainbow Six Siege X\" title=\"Follow Tom Clancy&apos;s Rainbow Six Siege X\"><br \/>\n  Follow Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six Siege X<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona &#8211; which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring &#8211; have gone on strike.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this workplace action is a selection of proposed layoffs from Ubisoft, which would impact 51 staff at the studio. Devs unhappy with this are demanding these staff not only keep their jobs, but that a job protection period of at least five years is established to avoid further layoffs.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a teaser trailer for Rainbow Six: Siege&#8217;s Solid Snake.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-y2KMxMqUfs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To achieve this, developers are leaving work every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon between yesterday (30th June) up until the 17th July. This ongoing strike &#8211; organised by union La Confederaci\u00f3n General del Trabajo &#8211; was announced in a bulletin sent to local media, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/ubisoft-barcelona-strikes\/\">and translated into English by Insider Gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The demands also include an &#8220;unconditional&#8221; return to remote work model allowing for 60 percent of days to be spent away from the office, the approval of agreed internal promotions which have been &#8220;unilaterally paralysed&#8221; by the company, and a career development pact which would formally review pay rises and the workforce&#8217;s social benefit packages.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts to staffing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-two-studio-closures-layoffs\">were announced earlier this year<\/a>, and also came with some major restructuring across Ubisoft&#8217;s many studios. It was then that, in June, that Ubisoft Winnipeg and Ubisoft Belgrade were shuttered. At the same time, Ubisoft Barcelona was pivoted to a Rainbow Six: Siege-focused development studio.<\/p>\n<p>As such, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-and-tencent-announce-new-subsidiary-vantage-studios-to-lead-development-for-the-assassins-creed-far-cry-rainbow-six-franchises\">these strikes come at a time of great change<\/a> and massive turmoil for the European gaming giant. Hopefully these strikes can send the right message and influence some positive change for the Barcelona team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona &#8211; which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring &#8211; have gone on strike.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for this workplace action is a selection of proposed layoffs from Ubisoft, which would impact 51 staff at the studio. Devs unhappy with this are demanding these staff not only keep their jobs, but that a job protection period of at least five years is established to avoid further layoffs.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s a teaser trailer for Rainbow Six: Siege&#8217;s Solid Snake.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-y2KMxMqUfs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To achieve this, developers are leaving work every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon between yesterday (30th June) up until the 17th July. This ongoing strike &#8211; organised by union La Confederaci\u00f3n General del Trabajo &#8211; was announced in a bulletin sent to local media, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/ubisoft-barcelona-strikes\/\">and translated into English by Insider Gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The demands also include an &#8220;unconditional&#8221; return to remote work model allowing for 60 percent of days to be spent away from the office, the approval of agreed internal promotions which have been &#8220;unilaterally paralysed&#8221; by the company, and a career development pact which would formally review pay rises and the workforce&#8217;s social benefit packages.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts to staffing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-two-studio-closures-layoffs\">were announced earlier this year<\/a>, and also came with some major restructuring across Ubisoft&#8217;s many studios. It was then that, in June, that Ubisoft Winnipeg and Ubisoft Belgrade were shuttered. At the same time, Ubisoft Barcelona was pivoted to a Rainbow Six: Siege-focused development studio.<\/p>\n<p>As such, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-and-tencent-announce-new-subsidiary-vantage-studios-to-lead-development-for-the-assassins-creed-far-cry-rainbow-six-franchises\">these strikes come at a time of great change<\/a> and massive turmoil for the European gaming giant. Hopefully these strikes can send the right message and influence some positive change for the Barcelona team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six Siege X Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher&#8217;s latest round of sweeping layoffs Staff demanding an end to layoffs, a return of remote work, and more. 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