Late last month, a Ubisoft employee who has been with the company for over a decade claimed on social media that he had been placed on an unpaid disciplinary suspension for disagreeing with the return-to-office mandate. The latest update shows he has now been fired.
David Michaud-Cromp, who works with Ubisoft Montreal, rose from level designer in 2012 to become the team lead for level design in October 2022. He has worked on several Ubisoft titles as a level designer, including Watch Dogs Legion, Assassin’s Creed Origins and The Hidden Ones DLC, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and Assassin’s Creed Unity.
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“Today, I was terminated by Ubisoft, effective immediately,” Michaud-Cromp wrote in an update posted on LinkedIn on February 2, 2026.
“This was not my decision. I won’t be discussing internal details or circumstances. I’m taking time to regroup and will share next steps when appropriate.”
According to Michaud-Cromp in an earlier post, his comment on the company’s return-to-office policy was judged as an “alleged breach of the duty of loyalty”.
“So… Ubisoft wanna bring back 5 days in the office… because they ‘believe in collaboration’… but c’mon, we’re not completely stupid… we very well know why you want to go back to 5 days in the office…” read the post from Michaud-Cromp that led to his three-day suspension and eventual termination.
More details regarding Michaud-Cromp’s termination by Ubisoft
Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming claims to have obtained screenshots of Michaud-Cromp’s comments in Ubisoft’s internal communication channel, Agora. According to Henderson, the comments shed more light on the company’s decision to terminate Michaud-Cromp’s contract.
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Michaud-Cromp was said to have criticized Ubisoft’s RTO policies, the closing down of studios, and continued investment in live service games that “keeps running away to bite us in the bollocks”.
Michaud-Cromp was said to have criticized the decision to hand Vantage Studios to Charlie Guillemot as co-CEO, citing that he only has Unagi Games on his resume.
According to Michaud-Cromp, the employees bear the weight of the executives’ bad decisions while they “keep swimming in millions of dollars”. Although he agreed that costs should come down, he believes it should start from the top.
Do you think Michaud-Cromp went too far in his message, or do you think he was just bold enough to say the obvious? Share your thoughts in the comment box below.
