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Re: Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

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Post by remram » Thu, Jul 03, 2025, 3:43 PM UTC

mmonaghan wrote: post #8

This is a really badly written headline and should read "Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of sexual harassment and abuse". Read the article! This isn't boys being boys- it's actual abuse.

The verdicts:

> Thomas François, 52, a former Ubisoft editorial vice-president, was found guilty of sexual harassment.

> Serge Hascoët, 59, Ubisoft’s former chief creative officer and second-in-command, was found guilty of psychological harassment and complicity in sexual harassment.

> The former Ubisoft game director, Guillaume Patrux, 41, was found guilty of psychological harassment

Re: Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

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Post by const_cast » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 1:18 AM UTC

chrisjj wrote: post #16

> The court heard that Hascoët bullied assistants by making them carry out personal tasks for him such as going to his home to wait for parcel deliveries. Er, that's bullying?? > The former Ubisoft game director, Guillaume Patrux, 41, was found guilty of psychological harassment and given a 12-month suspended sentence and a fine of €10,000. > > The court heard he had punched walls Psychological harrassment of walls.…

Yes, abusing your position of power to use professional assistants as personal maids is bullying. Maybe that was okay in the 90s, but no, that's 100% not appropriate.

Also, I'm sure the psychological harassment isn't to the walls, but rather punching walls is a form of manipulation to intimidate people around you.

Re: Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

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Post by chrisjj » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC

const_cast wrote: post #22

chrisjj wrote: post #16

> The court heard that Hascoët bullied assistants by making them carry out personal tasks for him such as going to his home to wait for parcel deliveries. Er, that's bullying?? > The former Ubisoft game director, Guillaume Patrux, 41, was found guilty of psychological harassment and given a 12-month suspended sentence and a fine of €10,000. > > The court heard he had punched walls Psychological harrassment of walls.…

Yes, abusing your position of power to use professional assistants as personal maids is bullying. Maybe that was okay in the 90s, but no, that's 100% not appropriate. Also, I'm sure the psychological harassment isn't to the walls, but rather punching walls is a form of manipulation to intimidate people around you.

> abusing your position of power to use professional assistants as personal maids is bullying.

"professional assistants"? "personal maids"? You're making this up.

Re: Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

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Post by const_cast » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 1:24 AM UTC

chrisjj wrote: post #23

const_cast wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, abusing your position of power to use professional assistants as personal maids is bullying. Maybe that was okay in the 90s, but no, that's 100% not appropriate. Also, I'm sure the psychological harassment isn't to the walls, but rather punching walls is a form of manipulation to intimidate people around you.

> abusing your position of power to use professional assistants as personal maids is bullying. "professional assistants"? "personal maids"? You're making this up.

Making what up? This comment doesn't make any sense. Being an assistant is a job at a place of employment. It doesn't involve doing highly personal tasks that you would expect a maid, or more likely, yourself, to do.

It's one thing to ask one of your employees to go to the break room and make a cup of coffee for you. It's another to ask them to go to your literal house and do common household chores. That's very obviously not appropriate and it's kind of mind blowing I have to spell this out.