Staff at Do not Nod – the studio behind the likes of Jusant, Life is Unusual 1 and a pair of, and upcoming launch Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage – are set to strike this Friday, eighth November.
The strike is in response to the studio’s redundancy plan, which it introduced in October.
As Matt reported final month, 69 jobs on the studio are in danger, as Do not Nod initiates a “reorganisation venture to make sure the corporate’s long-term future” amid “deteriorating” monetary outcomes.
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In an open letter seen and translated by Eurogamer’s sister-site GamesIndustry.biz, Do not Nod employees accused studio management of failing to take duty for its personal shortcomings, as an alternative utilizing economical context as a justification for the redundancy plan.
“As employees at this firm, we all know that these failures are attributable to a succession of negligent acts and unhealthy choices from management,” the letter reads. “Now we have warned management about these failures for years, however will not be being listened to. Finally, we are the ones paying the value of those absurd choices as we speak, with the redundancy plan.”
Staff accused management of “short-term pondering”, including “delusions of grandeur” influenced these increased up within the organisation to over-invest. “We need to save the corporate, however not on the value of unjustified redundancies or a deteriorated working surroundings,” the letter closed.
Do not Nod’s employees have laid out various calls for, together with:
That Do not Nod abandons the redundancy plan
That staff have a voice in decision-making on the firm
That Do not Nod CEO Oskar Guilbert be current on the negotiation
The strike is about to start at 2pm on Friday, union STJV introduced, subsequent to Do not Nod’s Paris headquarters.
Picture credit score: Do not Nod/STJV
In September, Do not Nod mentioned it had excessive hopes for Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage, after Jusant and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden failed to achieve firm expectations.
Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage is about to reach in two elements subsequent yr. The primary instalment launches for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S on 18th February 2025. The second half will then debut a month later, on 18th March.
