Unity

Pretty chill office right in downtown SF. Delicious lunch. 401k matching.

If you are looking to join Unity as a software engineer, consider a couple of facts:

• There is no growth for individual contributors at Unity. There is no Staff or Senior Staff level. If you don't want to step up and become a tech lead (aka manager), you will stagnate, and so will your compensation.

• There is no leveling, or it is not disclosed to most employees. HR is really bad at this.

• Software engineers don't have much of a say. Many passionate and technically adept engineers have become dejected because management has treated them as no more than a cog in a wheel.

• Teams live in their own bubble. They don't share knowledge or best practices with other teams. It sucks because one of the goals of cross-functional teams is knowledge sharing. But what happens here is that different teams repeat a different version of others' mistakes.

• Poor management and lack of direction. If you think you are going to make something out of those stock options soon, think again. And after that, think again twice.

• The onboarding procedure is very disorganized, or it doesn't exist. People have to hunt down others to get resources and help.

Suffice it to say, morale is pretty low right now.