![]() ![]() Immediate implementation by management of concrete measures to put an end to the pathogenic and authoritarian management style that threatens workers’ mental health and cohesion.Negotiation of minimum wages and compensation with trade unions, in place of unilateral management decisions that penalize a significant proportion of workers. ![]() Negotiation of a remote work policy with the trade unions.In reaction to this unsatisfactory response, which crowned a series of problems and sufferings long denounced by staff representatives, workers went on strike and left the room after presenting the following demands: This statement shattered the excuses of Kylotonn’s management, who has always blamed Nacon for the lack of negotiation. He added that it was the studio management’s prerogative to negotiate more budget with Nacon. The aim is to give the studio employee representatives more room to breathe in their negotiations with the studio heads, and to prevent studio management from using Nacon as an excuse to avoid mandatory negotiations. The studio workers took advantage of this moment to ask Nacon if the group would commit to providing more resources for Kylotonn and the group’s studios in general. This annual event is the only direct point of contact between the studio’s workers and the Nacon Group. On Tuesday July 11, 2023, Nacon Group’s number 2, Laurent Honoret, has presented Nacon’s 2022-2023 balance sheet to Kylotonn workers. Workers are preventing from finding intermediaries for discussion, thus cancelling any attempt at negotiation. This structure enables studio and Nacon management to pass the buck whenever workers demand accountability, pay rises and social measures. In practice, this means that the studios act as subcontractors, producing games on behalf of the group, as Nacon subsidiaries. funds the studios on a project-by-project month-by-month basis, giving Nacon real life or death power over the studios.owns the entire intellectual property of any produced games.In the majority of studios acquired by Nacon, the group : We relay this press release from workers on strike at the Kylotonn studio, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Seeing that it is scheduled as a premiere on Youtube, it should not be postponed as it indicates the video is prerecorded. With the TDU Connect show originally planned for July 12th at 7:00 PM CEST, one can wonder if this strike will impact the show. The main griefs cited are difficulties to communicate and set up negotiations with higher-ups regarding working conditions. The statement has been posted on the STJV's website ( Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo - translated to English: Union of Video Game Workers), which as its name states, is a french union dedicated to employees from the video game industry.Ĭommunication Issues with Management TeamThe strike seems to have been prompted due to relationship issues between Nacon and Kylotonn (KT Racing) management and the developpĮrs team. ![]() A day before the big streamed event supposed to reveal more about Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, the workers from the developing studio for the game, Kylotonn, published an official letter declaring a strike. ![]()
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