Don’t Nod is “reorganising”, putting up to 69 jobs at risk.
In its new financial statements, the French studio affirmed the “impact that this project may have on all our employees,” but insisted that “to secure our company’s resources and restore its ability to perform better in an increasingly competitive industry and selective is extremely necessary.
“Amid the deterioration of results, and despite the actions already taken, the company is now forced to consider a reorganization project to safeguard its competitiveness in an increasingly demanding and competitive ecosystem,” the study defined.
“This project could affect Don’t Nod workers in France and could affect up to 69 jobs. Today there has been a first exchange with the workers’ representative bodies and subsequently an information and consultation process will begin with these same bodies on this project.”
The mission – which Don’t Nod reiterated “could affect” its staff – aims to “rationalize the number of the company’s production lines, reinforce the role of the editorial board to better respond to market expectations, restore greater organizational agility , align technologies for greater efficiency and ensure financing for the company.”
“Our half-year results for 2024 reflect the poor financial performance of our last release, despite strong Metacritic ratings, as well as the accounting impact of the decisions we had to make,” said Oskar Guilbert, President and CEO of Don’ tNod.
“The initial performance support measures introduced in late spring do not appear sufficient to protect the company’s competitiveness.
“For this reason, today we have presented to the employee representative bodies a reorganization project that could put Don’t Nod on a new development trajectory. I am fully aware of the impact that this project can have on all of our employees. Securing our company’s resources and restoring its ability to perform better in an increasingly competitive and selective industry is extremely necessary.”
In observing these days, Don’t Nod insisted that “the management is committed to promoting dialogue with worker representatives, with the aim of reaching agreements on accompanying social measures, including the possibility of a plan of voluntary dismissal, in case the project is adopted”.
He also showed that “in these difficult times,” Don’t Nod will continue creating Misplaced Information: Bloom & Arouse, and the unannounced projects P10 and P14 (scheduled to drop before the end of 2027).
