As revealed by a new LinkedIn post by principal cinematic artist Mary Pouliot, DON’T NOD has been hit with a new round of layoffs. Pouliot reported they were part of the layoffs alongside technical artist Laurent Dufresne, who also made his own post revealing he was part of the employees that were laid off in the company. Additionally, lead senior tester part of the QA team Sandra Cormier and senior game and level designer Mathieu Tremblay revealed they were also among those affected by these lay-offs. French videogame union Syndicat de Travailleureuses du Jeu Video also released a statement confirming the layoffs. It claims that 7 employees at DON’T NOD Montreal were affected by “temporary suspension”, while 9 have been laid off in order to “reduce costs across the group”.
The union wrote on the layoffs on BlueSky:
“Don’t Nod Montréal: we have been informed of the lay-offs of 9 colleagues and the ‘temporary suspension’ of 7 others in order to ‘reduce costs across the group. We support the colleagues affected. The STJV strongly condemns Oskar Guilbert’s catastrophic management of the company.”
In France, the union fight succeeded in drastically limiting the number of lay-offs and in obtaining acceptable departure conditions. We encourage and support our comrades and colleagues who are organising the industry across the Atlantic! Direct action gets the goods.”
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