Unity

Fantastic environment with really great people. Very inclusive and an honest dedication to keep it that way.

Technically a start-up, but big and successful enough that it doesn't carry the typical risks of working at a start-up. Opportunity to work with innovative technologies. Management that legitimately cares about their employees.

I'll be honest, as someone on the autism spectrum, I spent 15 years working for places where I didn't fit in. I didn't have any feelings (one way or the other) about the product or service I was working on and just resigned myself to the fact that maybe the perfect job I was envisioning for myself simply didn't exist.

I would sit at company meetings where everyone else would pass the company Kool-Aid around and happily take a sip, while I would secretly roll my eyes. I didn't understand how people could love a company or a job. It's a job, after all!

That all changed when I started working at Unity. For the first time, I work at a company where I believe in our product and love what I do. Most important of all... I feel like I fit in. I feel like people go out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and a part of things.

From my first conversation with the recruiter up until my most recent conversation with my boss, this whole experience has been amazing. Of course, it's still a job, and there are ups and downs and bad days and good days. But overall, I love coming to work and am so thankful I work for a company where being inclusive isn't just some goal on a memo. It really matters here.

Moving to a new office, but until that happens, we are getting more and more crowded and continue to hire more and more people. Some teams are having to sit at a satellite office, which isn't ideal. It's hard to feel part of things if you aren't sitting with the rest of the company.

Salary is only mildly competitive to the rest of the industry, but once they go public, I'm guessing this will improve.

Lunch is free, so it's kind of hard to complain, but I bet they pay good money for that lunch, and I can't imagine that there isn't a better catering company for the money they must be spending. (I know, what a silly thing to complain about, first-world problems.)

Don't change. Historically, companies like this get big, go public, and lose themselves. I would hate to see that happen to Unity.