Ubisoft PR director Stone Chin has been fired as the corporate continues to conduct investigations into allegations of harassment and abuse within the office.
In an announcement printed through TwitLonger, Chin stated that he had not been fired as a result of results of any investigation into allegations, however had as an alternative been terminated for his administration type.
“I was terminated by my employer last week,” Chin wrote. “My employer told me that the reason for my termination was its conclusion that I have failed to uphold the company’s code of conduct over the course of my career at the company. My employer did not cite the allegation of sexual assault as a reason for my termination.”
“Specifically, it cited my management style, which it found consisted of passive aggressiveness, disrespectful language to former direct reports, and giving the cold shoulder to coworkers,” Chin added.
Chin mentions two incidents during which he requested coworkers out for dates and proceeded to present them the chilly shoulder after they declined.
“I have not been given the full investigation report so I cannot speak directly about any findings made by my employer or its lawyer,” he wrote, earlier than including that he failed to know the gender energy dynamic and had been blind to the struggles ladies face daily.
However, Chin has apparently been accused of a number of counts of harassment for years. One tweet from 2018 reads, “Will Stone Chin ever face consequences? Probably fucking not.”
Chin’s termination comes within the wake of widespread firing and resignation at Ubisoft in latest weeks, all of which has to do with investigations into misconduct.
After admitting that it had “fallen short” when it comes to addressing misconduct allegations prior to now, Ubisoft suspended two executives (Tommy Francois and Maxime Beland), considered one of whom (Beland) has since resigned. An additional three execs – Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët, Managing Director of Ubisoft’s Canadian studios Yannis Mallat, and Global Head of HR Cécile Cornet – have also resigned.
Hascoët particularly had large affect on Ubisoft. It was lately revealed that Kassandra was purported to be the one playable lead in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey till Hascoët stated, “women don’t sell.”
