Constant chaos - Senior Software Engineer Ubiquiti Employee Review

1.0
Oct 10, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Free gourmet lunch every day - Schedule flexibility and work from home - Get to experience a lot of different roles

Cons

- Frequent employee turnover. I’ve had multiple team members quit after less than 1 year and even pay back signing bonuses just to escape - Everything is a moving target. CEO will approve direction one month but then yell at team next month for doing what he said. Half of our work is discarded after direction changes. - Need to work through nights and weekends and vacations. No real time off away from work. - CEO micromanages individual developers. CEO made a policy that he has to be in every Slack channel. No private communications even within teams - Multiple bosses have competing directives. Not clear who to listen to. Everyone is fighting for themselves to get ahead. - Too much secrecy. Managers tell you to hide important information from other managers - CEO can be verbally and emotionally abusive. Need to have thick skin to work here

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Pros

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Cons

* Priorities can shift quickly, so be prepared to be flexible * Occasionally it can seem like our results for product testing are brushed off by the developers * The management structure is very flat, so upward movement is difficult * Did I mention that priorities shift quickly? We test dozens of products, and we are expected to produce results very quickly * The job is technically hybrid, but because most of the products we test are hardware, it can be difficult to work from home

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Pros

- Startup mentality (lots of independent, meaningful work) - Take your own initiative (need to be proactive with tasks) - Good for expanding knowledge (get to work on several different product lines) - Flexibility (able to build your own hours, work when you need to, to get tasks done) - Benefits and Pay (amazing pay and benefits from the employer, would not trade it for anything)

Cons

- Face-paced environment (tasks can change on the daily, it's challenging but rewarding) - Working overtime (might be asked to work outside of normal hours - help finish urgent tasks) Overall, I think if you are looking for a challenge this is the perfect job for you. You are able to push yourself and learn a lot about the world of technology (networking, cyber-security, surveillance, etc.) So many different and unique products that Ubiquiti produces.

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