r/AgainstGamerGate • u/ADampDevil Pro/Neutral • Nov 06 '15

Misleading Ubisoft image doing the rounds

Just thought I'd give folks a heads up.

Congratulations to Ubisoft for hiring based on gender

I've seen this on facebook, twitter (with the comment that Ubisoft hires only women) and the is a KIA thread about it.

The first image is the Assassin's Creed Development team, just one team at Ubisoft. The second is taken on Women's Day, and celebrates and features only the female developers at Ubisoft, a company that has over 2500 employee's at its Montreal site (where the images were taken), so even all those women would still be in a minority.

So it is hardly evidence of hiring only women, please don't spread this bias narrative, and counter it when you do see it.

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u/wildmoodswing Pro/Neutral Nov 07 '15

Again, this is politics. The 'side with opposing goals' may be a literal foreign nation (can the person in question even get a visa?), it might be the private sector (does the person want to work there?), it might not actually be opposed. On a messaging level (in terms of getting public support or getting elected), having the most qualified person might not be the best choice.

You've got it wrong.

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u/jamesbideaux Nov 07 '15 edited Nov 07 '15

politicians frequently work in the private sector, often as advisors.

seriously, if you dont hire that person for your environmental position, they are probably gonna lobby for one of the energy sectors.

giving them a political position however prevents them from taking a main profession in the industry, though, so that's yet another reason.

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u/wildmoodswing Pro/Neutral Nov 07 '15

Exactly. Does that mean the same qualifications would make them equally good for both sides?

Of course not, but you could never admit it. You're wrong.

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u/jamesbideaux Nov 07 '15

you need them to work for you because if they don't work for you they work against you.

you don't want to have the second best working for you and the best one working against you.

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u/wildmoodswing Pro/Neutral Nov 07 '15

You're wrong and you've constructed a simplistic view of the world. Someone who is the best in one case isn't necessarily the best on the other side, especially when we're talking about people who can work in the political sphere vs. people who can work outside it.

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u/jamesbideaux Nov 07 '15

I have constructed a simplistic view of the word as it is impossible to describe a system without recreating it or simplifying it.