Bad Managers Are Everywhere - Principal Software Engineer Unity Employee Review

1.0
May 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wellness benefits. Work can be flexible if you are not a coder. If you are a coder, expect to work around the clock because your manager can't manage project. Free lunch and snacks. Health insurance.

Cons

Bad middle managers and lead with limited technical awareness and lack of project management experience. Tech lead that is just cruising along doing nothing and taking all the credits from their direct reports.

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Unity Response
8y
Thanks for posting, and apologies about your experience, sounds really demotivating. As head of R&D this is valuable for me. I encourage you to ping me directly so we can discuss though. Nobody wants to work in a place where leadership fails to add value and help you succeed, and it's certainly not the Unity way of doing things. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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