Unity

Nice workplace, benefits, a lot of nice people, come as you are.

I'm talking about Core; I can't say other departments will be the same.

The company is now more than 4,000 employees, but the mindset is still, for better and much more for worse, a startup's one.

A flat hierarchy leads to toxic management and a working environment. The only way to move forward is to make friends with top/key people because that's the only way you'll be safe.

The values Unity promotes internally are maybe a sincere wish from the board, but they're more of a sad joke in daily work:

• Best idea wins: Nope, only key people got their ideas to win; otherwise, it's at your own risk.
• Customers first: That's a bitter joke. I've never seen a company caring less about its customers. Developers have the power, egos are ruling, and they work to please themselves, not to help customers.
• Be bold: Well, you can try. The truth is, only the stars and their friends can behave like this.
• In it together: Another very sad joke. Everyone has their own agenda, not caring for others. There's no bonding, no cohesion.

Overall, the company focuses on one thing: programming. Forget about planning, designing, software architecture; all these things are dirty words. You code, make code reviews, a few unit tests, and that's all.

There are a lot of very, very good programmers there, but overall, there is a big waste of quality and productivity because software development is done the way it was 15 years ago, and it doesn't scale for a product that big nowadays.

Management is a thing; it exists for a reason and is useful for everyone: the company and its people.

Too much power to the developers leads to ego and self-interest ruining everything. It's a shame because this could be a very good place if things were balanced.