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      Unity reviews about "upper management"

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

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      50 reviews
      1.0
      Apr 24, 2018

      Not sure where all the positive reviews are coming from...

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      A lot of hype and promise with the roadmap for the core (engine) components of Unity.

      Cons

      Morale in the services side of the company is pretty low (services being Ads, Analytics, Infrastructure Engineering, etc.). "Empire building" is the norm as teams fight for political power (aka ownership of projects / products / infrastructure) within the company before the mystical IPO date. Teams are bleeding talent as competent engineers quit to escape the toxicity of constant doublespeak that aims to minimize accountability. In order to hire fast enough to compensate for the attrition, recruiters will blatantly lie to potential candidates regarding how valuable the stock options are and how close the IPO date is. They will be misled into believing that their work can actually have tremendous impact, when in reality they are all treated as replaceable coding monkeys churning out piles of code for endless migrations. There is also no hope for any career growth, as HR has an official policy of "no paperwork": you are expected to simply have quarterly "check-ins" with your manager regarding your performance. This approach is marketed to new hires as "novel" and "innovative", when in reality the only innovation is that it completely absolves managers from blame when arbitrary decisions are made for (denying) promotions or raises. This all comes back to the nonexistent work-life balance that you will be faced with if you have any ability to write code. Due to the lack of accountability, and the ping-pong'ing of project ownership, other team's projects will suddenly land in your lap which you are now expected to maintain, due to yet another "re-org". You will be pinged at midnight for an urgent bug-fix so that your manager doesn't get chewed out by his manager (deliberate use of the male pronoun here, because female engineers are near nonexistent, much less female engineering managers). And when the dust settles, all of your work will be taken for granted as being simply "part of the job" because there's no paperwork associated with how much you bust your balls to get things done. Your only hope of ever achieving any career advancement is how much you've managed to make your manager like you, and so begins the toxic cycle of only promoting those who can suck up the most. It's quite a pity. And of course, there's exceptions to the commentary mentioned above (once in a blue moon, someone competent gets promoted). But the day-to-day still wears on the psyche of any sane person, and until upper management acknowledges these all to be real problems, there will be no hope for improvement.

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      Unity Response
      8y
      Thanks for providing your candid feedback as it’s the only way we can continue to improve. Let me tackle some of the points. First - We don’t write fake reviews or lie—ever. Glassdoor reviews are authentic reviews, and they highlight the fact that most employees have a positive experience at Unity. When a negative experience is escalated to my team, we try to fix it quickly. We are committed to making Unity a great place to work for everyone. I encourage you to reach out to me directly so I can help solve the pain points you mention—completely confidential. Second—We have many female engineers and like most tech companies, are putting plans in place to hire many more. It sounds like you are on the Monetization side of the business where two of the four Vice Presidents are female. I’m also proud to confirm that many the leaders heading up departments across Unity are in fact, women. Re: work-life balance. We manage a live network and are committed to responding to any disruption in service immediately. Yes, for some roles, that does require off hours work from time-to-time . However, if you are working long hours or weekends on a frequent basis, this is exactly the thing you should raise to your manager to solve because this is not the work life balance we expect nor want for our employees. If you’re not comfortable raising this with your manager, then I encourage you to loop me in. It also deserves to be pointed out that we’re in the process of deeper manager training that continues to fine tune how managers deal with tough conversations, including how best to have the compensation/promotion conversation. Thanks, Elizabeth Brown
      5.0
      Feb 15, 2014

      Perhaps the most interesting company in the video games industry.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      * Absurdly intelligent people everywhere * Flat organizational hierarchy * Accessible upper management (even the CEO) * Carefully managed strong growth of core business * Thoughtful and patient investment in many other verticals

      Cons

      * Compensation packages are below market rate for San Francisco * No stock options except for upper management (though you can fight for them and win) * HR and accounting appear disorganized and underinvested in

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      Unity Response
      10y
      Thanks for the review. We too believe that our team is full of intelligent people (and fun!) and love that you have experienced easy access to our executive team. We are constantly reviewing our compensation packages & recruiting processes to make sure we are super competitive.
      4.0
      Apr 20, 2017

      Rare and Exciting Company

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Amazing growth and mission. The company truly cares about its community. By and large, it's a great place to work, It is on an awesome trajectory to success.

      Cons

      The meteoric growth has caused explosive growth in middle and upper management. While this is crucial for the size the company has become, it has taken a major toll on the companies ability to be agile, and the company culture. It used to feel like family, now it feels like a Silicon Valley race to the top.

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      Unity Response
      8y
      Thanks so much for you long service with us at Unity. You've seen a lot of changes and we're thrilled that they have largely felt positive. We're cognizant of the growing pains and speedbumps that can happen with growth and our doing our best to make Unity better than ever going forward!
      2.0
      Aug 22, 2018

      Sad to see the downward spiral

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The office provides good refreshments, cold-brew coffee, lunch. Also every Wednesday it offers breakfast (and cereal and milk are always available). Benefits are good and the company is even generous on holidays.

      Cons

      It's sad to see this downward spiral that the company is going along. As some comments mentioned, the upper management doesn't set a clear goal with expectations, and then it leads to ugly politics as if every team's goal is to look after themselves and maximize their territory. The company really has a big execution problem: it occupies a great spot in the gaming industry and then what? We got pumped up after the Pokemon Go craze, having hired a lot of people and many employees, who are also fans of Unity, having embraced the optimism as well as empowerment. Now, there comes the reality check? BTW, the Glassdoor rating comes from 4.6 to 3.8 (as of today) in a year. I have to say the HR plays a role here. Many other reviews said so and I think I can actually prove it from the HR response here at Glassdoor. "...Regarding reviews, our HR team is focused on things like culture, training, and benefits, and doesn't have the time to write reviews- plus there are technology filters and algorithms the site has set up to detect fraud..." - May 31, 2018 Unity Technologies What did I see? Dishonesty in bold capital letters. Why? You are a Unity HR employee (not Glassdoor) so how do you know "this site" has set up "technology filters and algorithms" to detect fraud? Did you actually try that (if so, it's a serious integrity issue and more) ? If not, you are just dishonest and want to respond whatever looks good to yourself to show Unity is in good shape. Also, while your HR team is so much focused, you still have time writing responses on Glassdoor (it doesn't take more time to write a 5-star all-good review, plus you can ask others to write). So, people are not stupid. That is exactly how Unity HR handle things.

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      Unity Response
      7y
      It’s hard for me to reply to this review and the other reviews you wrote. I can see you are angry and seem to be in pain, which troubles me. From time to time we have employees who find themselves on a team or project that they aren’t happy about. They go to their manager or if their manager is the problem they go to the next level leader, another leader, HR or even our CEO. Unity is a very approachable culture. I’m not sure why you don’t feel you can do that but encourage you to try it. I promise you if you reach out to me or even John, you will be listened to and get an immediate response. The conversation will be confidential. Unity is filled with examples of employees sharing what’s not working as well as what is. They are engaged in making it better. If you join one of our internal Slack channels and in the round tables you would see the tremendous passion from the employees both for our customers but also for our company. Massive passion and pride. It would be great if you can reach out so we can address your situation. Elizabeth Brown--Unity Head of HR
      5.0
      Aug 23, 2018

      Best place I've worked in my entire career (20 years)

      Development manager
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      Pros

      - Open dialogue is encouraged with everyone at the company (including upper management & executive team) - Customer-driven - Excellent benefits (including catered lunch!) - Low-ego environment - Actively promote a culture that is inclusive of all viewpoints - Work/life balance is a priority - Solving interesting problems for users - Often on the bleeding edge

      Cons

      - The rate of growth can be dizzying at times - Internal dev processes haven't scaled as fast as I'd like

      5.0
      May 21, 2017

      Exciting place to work!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Amazing product vision trajectory, great benefits with fully stock kitchens and daily free lunches. I definitely feel spoiled working here, all while being part of a disruptive and exciting industry.

      Cons

      Upper management seems to be currently shifting/changing, and these moves affect the concentration and focus of their direct teams.

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      Unity Response
      8y
      Thanks for your review. This is definitely an exciting time to be at Unity. We're happy to have you here. Keep doing great work and we'll keep spoiling you!
      1.0
      Apr 26, 2018

      Good and bad

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Unity offer great benefits with delicious daily lunches. They offer 401k matching and generous PTO plan. A good stepping stone company so that you can move up to something bigger and better. I made many friends here and hack week was very fun.

      Cons

      Great perks are meaningless of corse if you are miserable with your job. No work life balance. The culture is so bad and is getting worse. It almost squeezed you of all your time and give you a great pressure. Good people got burned out because of this management and left the company. I was one of them. It became very tiring when time and time again upper management ask for crazy expectations.

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      Unity Response
      8y
      It looks like you left Unity recently, and it sounds like you enjoyed a lot of our benefits, perks, and that you met a lot of friends here- that is great. You probably know we were recently named one of the "best places to work" in the Bay Area based on an anonymous employee survey of all San Francisco full time employees - we are very proud about this accomplishment as it was employee driven! Regarding balance- Unity encourages values like accountability and empowerment. It's important to raise your hand to your manager, HR, or leadership when you feel the work is too much so we can address it immediately.
      1.0
      Jul 14, 2018

      Chaotic, disorganized and stingy

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      Work can be fun and exciting. Most times, they are overwhelming.

      Cons

      Lack of career and salary advancement and incompetent management are great reasons to stay away from Unity. Most people also leave for those reasons. Upper management always sells exciting and impactful work as reasons to work at Unity. Unfortunately, exciting work doesn't pay rent in SF bay area. And it's difficult to be excited about your work when you are always drowned in technical debt. Oh yea, don't be surprised if you are expected to work crazy hours. No WLB. HR would probably respond to this by saying that this is not true and it's not the norm. It's a bunch of BS really.

      2.0
      Jan 9, 2019

      Rose colored glasses

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      If you’re a Director or above, you’re untouchable

      Cons

      Upper management pats themselves on the back, but I dare them to actually demonstrate a simple walkthrough if the product. Merit awards are nonexistent - and they pay way below market.

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