Big staff expansion and tax breaks for sure. They aren't having the finance minister there to announce a game lol.
Ubisoft Quebec to announce something company related on September 5th
- Thread starter dex3108
- Start date
Big staff expansion and tax breaks for sure. They aren't having the finance minister there to announce a game lol.
Daffy Duck
Member
Going to be something iconic for sure.
purseowner
Member
Prince of Persia reboot reboot
WhiteWaterM00se
Member
Maybe they Bought bioware Montreal and are spinning off ubisoft Canadian operations into its own company.
rayman1900
Member
It will be in the region of the Saguenay. There's no mention of that it will be specifically in Chicoutimi...
Nitpicker_Red
Member
Maybe the opposite of privatisation? Nationalisation?
Mercador
Member
It's the Saguenay expansion. New office. It was in the media 3 days ago
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien...alle-a-saguenay-plus-de-100-emplois-crees.php
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien...alle-a-saguenay-plus-de-100-emplois-crees.php
Why tweet and live stream that though? Who gives a shit about their tax breaks?
Im pretty sure the news for the 5th wasn't the expansion since it was know before the 5th.
Lots of people give a shit about the creation of jobs and investment into a local industry.
It is known because if you're expanding your business and plan to announce it, people will know in advance. There is process to be followed. The official announcement is just a formality for good PR.
People who wants a job, maybe? Like half of my generation?
Mercador
Member
Well, the news was leaked the moment they posted a press convocation.
You can still believe it's a new game. I think they'll do some mobile games, 40 folks is not a big team.
The tax break is 35% of the paycheck.
SpiceMelange
Member
Chicoutimi studio?
Obviously, since the Mayor of Saguenay will be present.
I hate how obtuse most people are in threads like these.
Alcotholic
Banned
Pee pee tapes?
I imagine it has to do with ancel's recent stake holding and vivendi
I guess I was thinking from a consumer perspective, since it seemed a bit odd to announce job openings in this fashion, but I guess it makes sense for maximized visibility.
But it was clear from the start this is a business announcement and not a consumer or product announcement. Did you even read the OP?
"Ubisoft invites the media to a press conference during which the company will announce the details of its most important growth plan in Quebec in 20 years.
The announcement will take place in the presence of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Carlos Leitão, Mr. Yves Guillemot, Co-founder and Chairman of the Ubisoft Group, Mr. Yannis Mallat, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Montréal, Québec City and Toronto, as well as Jean Tremblay, Mayor of Saguenay and Chairman of the Board of Promotion Saguenay."
I did, but I was... tunnel visioned, on the Vivendi thing, lol.
Yes, focused on online.
Green Yoshi
Member
Unemployment rate in Canada is 6.3% and if you are skilled enough for a job in game programming you shouldn't have many problems finding a job in Canada. People without an academic degree are struggling but I don't know if Ubisoft Quebec is the right place for such people. Probaly if you are an autodidact.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Here in Québec its 4% unemployment, and the government is trying to find ways to attract young, high skilled workers to the furter regions.
This studio will be filled q00% with people from outside Saguenay, I can garantee.
SentryDown
Member
Is Saguenay a cool place to live with a family ? When they expanded to Bordeaux, they clearly said it was to attract seniors of the industry (particularly those who are sick of living in Paris), maybe they want to do the same in Canada and have a studio to retain those who can't stand big cities anymore. Interesting expansion strategy if it's actually the case.
AtomicShroom
Member
Except, you know, 95% of a AAA game's staff is composed of artists, animators, modelers, level designers, etc.
lol of course
The mayor of Saguenay went to the supreme court to fight fpr the right to say catholic prayer before town hall mettings, it is pretty conservative part of the province.
Its a rural region 2 hours away from Québec city, I am sure life there is great.
AtomicShroom
Member
No. But you're going to have a harder time in QC City as far as living goes. Population is mostly strictly french-speaking. Montreal is mostly bilingual.
SentryDown
Member
Of course not, all of their job postings put french language as a bonus skill
Thanks for the details
Well feck if it's compulsory then I won't apply.
If you have more than 50 employees, it is illegal to run your business in english here in Québec.
edit: I am sure some technical positions can be 100% anglo, but you will have a ton of issues sooner or later.
Especially in Saguenay.
AtomicShroom
Member
Uh no. I've known English-only speakers who worked at Ubi Montreal with no problems.
Montreal is half english, someone hoping to never learn french moving to Saguenay will end up either stoned to death or depressed.
AtomicShroom
Member
Saguenay yes. He didn't ask about Saguenay, he asked about Montreal or Qc City.
Even Qc city I would say you would lead a miserable existence if you refuse to learn french.
AtomicShroom
Member
He asked if he could work, not if the quality of life would be nice.
Other people arent robots, so those things are usually quite close to each other, and worth discussing.
Absolutely. When I went through the interview process the person who interviewed me barely spoke english. Fortunately I'm bilingual and took over the rest in french.
Also their salary offer was laughably cheap but hey whatever.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I'm gonna get my hopes up and say
Splinter Cell!!!!
Splinter Cell!!!!
DustyVonEric
Member
Gaf is a hive-mind rooting for Vivendi? Really?
Guess you haven't read the Vivendi / Ubisoft threads with many firmly against this.
Besides, the posters were joking. Jeez...
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
You were talking abotu requiring French though:
Which is quite crazy to be honest, this kind of language policing is very intrusive.
I think it is important, even if you want to live there, if French is a requirement for the job. If you get the job and get to live there, you can still start learning French (assuming the town is not filled with nazis who beat you up because you don't speak their language) after starting your job there. If the job requires French skills in advance, this is not an option and you can spend your time better than to apply there.
Mercador
Member
Not in MTL. In QC City, you could do it but you'll probably learn French along the way. Saguenay will be unilingual French I guess, it's a small city where everyone speak almost only French.
To add to this, I work in an international company based in Quebec City. And while there is a few people at the office that speak English only, most of them eventually learn French because it's not a city where you can really live with English only. If you stick to the Vieux Québec where most of the tourists hang out? Sure, but that's not a comfortable way to live since it's just a small part of a city of ~500k.
If you are going to a nation that is as nationalist as Québec and have 37% of your salary paid by our government, you can act slightly less entitled (and learn french) or go somewhere else.
People who make a stand for not learning french in Quebec warrant the ire of the vast majority of francophones, not just extremists.