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3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

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Matthew Bromberg

58% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

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3.0
Oct 15, 2017
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Pros

People are great, benefits are top notch, especially for new dads. Company likes to be cutting edge, great opportunity to work on fresh tech. Customers are fun. Core business seems solid

Cons

Release process for main products is a nightmare. Flat hierarchy and size of engineering team makes it really hard to work cross functionally. Many roles stay unfilled around the company, poor communication with management, base pay isn't competitive. Focus on self starting and empowerment, however most successful and happy people are those who keep their heads down and don't do anything beyond their core areas. Empowerment becomes and excuse for lack of support. Hypocrisy around titles where on some teams titles are withheld because they're "going away", and others where they're given out. Many have grandfathered titles which makes it impossible to advance. Generally poor leadership at all levels.

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8y
Thanks for the comments. Lots to unpack... Firstly, glad you like the people and think they’re great, I agree! And thanks for the positive recommendation on our company and product. The release process is complicated but manageable given we support more than 30 platforms. Seems like you ran into some specific issues, which I would love to hear from you more about. For the cross-functional work, given how distributed we are, we’re considering a 'network of producers' that reside in each location to assist discovery and make dependency management easier. Would love to talk you though the idea and get your feedback on whether you think it would solve the issues you’re seeing. Regarding unfilled jobs I checked: We added 518 hundred amazing engineers in the past 18 months, including 62 in Bellevue. Overall > 90% of our open roles are filled, both in 2016 and on track for that in 2017. It’s also good to keep in mind that it’s not about quantity, but quality, and we’d rather have a vacancy remain open rather than fill it with average candidates. As you said, at Unity the “people are great”! On titles, assuming you are still at Unity, I suggest you talk to Anders (Global R&D HR). Perhaps he can help with more information. The summary answer is that in R&D the titles work like this: One VP Engineering. Under this person there are 6 Development Directors each leading teams of 50 to 100 or so. Reporting to these global scope Dev Directors we have some folks with Director and Manager titles, and under these a combination of individual contributors and team leads. Just ask, and we’d be happy to share. It’s true we're are all about empowerment. We strive for each person to have a big say in what they do, and how they do it. We think this freedom gets us the best results for our customers. And, we think this is a main reason we’ve grown so much in recent years. We very much have a very open communications policy so if something is unclear or if you feel frustrated, reach out directly to me (VP Engineering) or John (CEO) or Elizabeth (CPO). We’d all be happy to chat thru what is not working for you; after all if you work here you know this is exactly how we evolve Unity!
5.0
May 29, 2017

Not just a company but a community of awesome people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hands down for best place i have ever worked and that is when i have industry experience of 12+ year. I have worked at pretty good companies around the world but none of them matches to Unity. You can find companies with free lunch, unlimited stocks and many other benefits but what makes Unity unique is not just that. 1. The culture is great. People care for each other. They want to be successful as group and not as an individual. 2. Everyone strongly believes in democratising the game development. For everyone their game developers/users are most important. 3. Very very innovative place. Everyone is doing something new everyday. 4. People own stuff. No middle management. Everyone takes decision and feel empowered. 5. Awesome benefits and great office location. You will get opportunities to travel if in right team. 6. CEO and his leadership is very humble and transparent. Communication is really good. 7. Its going to be a pretty successful company if everyone keep doing the right thing.

Cons

Not anything i can think of.

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8y
Thank you so much for the fantastic review! We're thrilled to have you as part of the team. Our executive team prioritize our culture and maintaining what's made Unity awesome for the last 13 years. This always starts with empowering Unity employees to do their best work!
3.0
Jan 10, 2017

Nutshell of my experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You will find a friendly atmosphere, they provide lot of employee benefits like transport & fitness. They allow you to take up your own responsibility & work accordingly. The best part is there is no micro-management by your seniors, so you can peacefully do your work.

Cons

There is no growth plan as of now. Hence, the professional ladder is like a straight line graph.

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