Toxic work environment and extremely political - Anonymous employee Unity Employee Review

1.0
Oct 28, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The usual perks of a late-stage startup. Good office space.

Cons

Toxic culture from the top down. Unity basically recycled its leadership from Electronic Arts - has the worst reputation in the gaming industry. Unity treats employees like dispensable working machines, cruel and impersonal. Nearly all teams within the company are dysfunctional and run poorly by most leaders of each team. When half of your onboarding group left the company within 6 months, that’s an astonishing metric, isn’t it? Even worse, the CEO and the Chief of People are openly dating. Then he was sued in a sexual harrassent case. I would be very cautious working for a company that allows the existence of these types of behaviors. Final thoughts, if you have the drive to excel at your career, or you embrace the well-deliberated startup culture, or you believe in authentic human interactions, choose with caution!!!

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Pros

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Cons

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