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🇬🇧🔵Quantic Dream : 115 planned layoffs, irregular redundancy plan, generative AI in ambush ? The consultation and union negotiations about the planned layoffs are still going on. The studio's management wants to destroy 115 jobs. www.stjv.fr/en/2026/06/q...

stjv.frQuantic Dream : 115 planned layoffs, irregular redundancy plan, generative AI in ambush ? – STJVA milestone Consultation of the CSE (elected workers's representatives) and negotiations with unions are going on at Quantic Dream. As is apparently customary f

David de Gruttola ("David Cage") and Guillaume De Fondaumière are preventing worker representatives from… representing workers. After illegally remove their access to the studio's mailing lists, they are refusing to give enough delegation hours and means of communication to our union delegates.

Pretending to rely on "social dialogue" on one hand, and making it impossible on the other: it didn't work for Don't Nod, it will not work for Quantic. Last Thursday, 100+ workers walked off a second time against this despicable plan. David de Gruttola himself came to check on the picket line…

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Management isn't even doing the minimum to comply with the basic requirements of such a plan. It is directly and illegally targeting those working on Spellcasters, implying that they would be incapable of working on other video games. As is, this plan would not be validated by the state.

The heads of the company claim to have drawn up this plan in 5 days. Most likely with the help of a genius writer such as David de Gruttola. Unless it was written with ChatGPT? The company is indeed saying that the jobs destroyed could be replaced with subcontractors... or "generative AI".

During negotiations, Guillaume de Fondaumière is trying to explain that 5 000€ to 10 000€ severance pay would be better than the 13 000€ minimum (without taking into account the many allowances) negotiated at Don't Nod. It appears that management is struggling with basic mathematics 🧮

Our demands are simple: - a 3 months period of consultation - access to the mailing lists - sufficient means for our union delegates - assignment of all workers to Star Wars Eclipse - 0 forced departures - reorganization of the studio's creative direction team - direct involvement of all workers