Don't Nod Staff to Strike in Paris, Workers Demand Redundancy Plan Be Abandoned

Last month, Parisian developer/publisher Don't Nod announced it would cancel multiple projects, reorganise the company, and eliminate a strangely specific 69 positions in the process. Our favourite French union, Le Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), fresh off of causing headaches for Ubisoft, has a strike planned in front of Don't Nod HQ for tomorrow, Friday, 8th November.

If you are in the area, STJV says the picket will be next to the studio's head office, and festivities kick off at 2 PM; keep an eye out for a crowd of disgruntled video game developers (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz). The staff have a list of demands:

• That Don't Nod abandons the redundancy plan
• That employees have a voice in decision-making at the company
• That Don't Nod CEO Oskar Guilbert be present at the negotiations

In an open letter translated by GamesIndustry, Don't Nod staff wrote: "As workers at this company, we know that these failures are due to a succession of negligent acts and bad decisions from leadership. We have warned leadership about these failures for years but are not being listened to. Ultimately, we're paying the price of these absurd decisions today with the redundancy plan."