Ubisoft Halifax was the company's first North American studio to unionize. It is now being shut down, with over 70 developers being laid off.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/36712639

Ubisoft’s first North American union, located at their Halifax, Nova Scotia studio, was certified on December 18th, 2025. Now, not even a full 30 days later, Ubisoft Halifax is closing.

  • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    19 days ago

    That’s interesting. Because writing code for 3D graphics is way more complicated than writing an SQL query or some input form UI. I assumed those devs are super skilled and hence paid accordingly.

    • chocrates@piefed.worldEnglish
      9·
      19 days ago

      Gaming industry relies on game devs being super passionate about it, so they can pay them less.
      My game dev friends almost all got out of it because they weren’t paid well and had to crunch all the time.

      In corporate software you get paid well and just hate the work you do.

    • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      19 days ago

      On the flip side, errors in 3D graphics typically won’t cost a company millions, while errors in an SQL query very well might

      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        19 days ago

        It’s not by chance that for example the Investment Banking industry pays a lot more money to developers than the wider IT industry - a system breaking down for an hour or two there can cost millions because, for example, trader’s can’t actually trade certain assets.

        Generally the more money that depends on their systems being functional without errors or interruptions, the more an industry is willing to pay for devs.