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Recent major issues with direction and senior management

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Unity for 6 years
August 3, 2023
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Still retains a significant but dwindling number of extremely experienced developers and engineers who have built incredible games. The engineering work itself is well executed, and teams enjoy a lot of the work being done. Many of the products are excellent, and it's enjoyable to see games being built with it.

Cons

All senior management roles are being drained out of Europe and elsewhere into North America.

Sites are being closed or recruitment limited. Individuals and managers are considered replaceable. Extremely capable and highly skilled engineers have been let go, purely to meet changing staffing targets. This can happen even on extremely successful and profitable projects.

Salaries for many job roles are on the low side. The compensation cycle has also increased to once in 18 months for 2023.

This has decayed from one of the very best companies to work for a couple of years ago. An example of this is employee survey results, which have dropped hugely from almost completely positive in previous years and are now not as openly shared as in the past.

Really hoping this decay and staff attrition will stop soon.

Advice to Management

There is a false impression that unity can do no wrong because "its unity" is based on a meteoric rise and is extremely positive. In practice, it often treats employees less fairly than many extremely large corporations do. The drive for short-term profit is causing such significant employee dissatisfaction that it is dramatically affecting the company's medium-term prospects. We are willing to make decisions that will lose customers on a 3-year timespan to make more money for the next financial reporting.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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