Ubisoft reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,318 total reviews)
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Yves Guillemot

34% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ubisoft has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,318 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ubisoft employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 4, 2019

good only if you're inexperimented

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Get to work on AAA games - Flexible hours - Healthcare & ergonomy service - RRSP group system -gym -Epic christmas and summer parties. -good integration of new employees -there are lot of seniors,so its a perfect opportunity to learn for juniors -beautiful and convenient workspace -good bonuses

Cons

- follow trends and recycle proven formulas instead of trying to innovate.they lack vision and the games seems to stagnate into irrelevancy. -Ubisoft has difficulty to make team collaborate between themselves, because theres too much inner competition. - Lots of politics and Toxic leadership. - boys club still exist at top hierarchy of production. - Lack of honest communication. - Backstabbing culture. - Most skilled and talented workers are moving to other companies. -if you arent part of the ''gang'', you may get left behind for a promotion or bonuses. - not a lot of ownership as the teams are so big.you may lost the hand if you stay there many years...so,it's not the greatest place to learn and grow at long term. - not a lot of opportunity to evolve and get another position.if theres some, you have to figh of else HR will make sure that you stay there. -management is not really good at helping career growth. -low salaries that really dont increase that much... - they dont paid for overtime.at least they pay your supper... - Depending on project ,lack of management. -Some people just do only the minimum for their job or don't do their 8h per day.theres even people that don't do their job.. -Located in the middle of the city and the realm of pedestrians.finding a parking is like chasing an unicorn. good. luck. -basically, you're a number...

3.0
Mar 29, 2016

An even mix of good and bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great, and working on large AAA titles is very enticing and a lot of fun. You'll gain great experience here and it'll impress recruiters when seeking future employment. There's never any layoffs and the stability is nice.

Cons

Ubisoft has a few consistent problems that you'll hear repeatedly when speaking with current and former employees. The company doesn't pay well, but the stability of the company is a good counter to that. However, Ubisoft isn't the greatest when it comes to promoting their employees. Talented, hard-working. people will deliver consistently great work and they still have to prove themselves to get a promotion. You'll hear reasons for being rejected for a promotion like, "You're too hard core to work on this more casual title." Seriously? Ubisoft's habit of doing this means that many employees leave for other companies to prove themselves and then return to Ubisoft; meaning that it's a great training ground but if you want to work in a position your skill set is best suited for then you'll likely have to leave to achieve it. It's a shame that they don't seem see the value in their talent, but other companies most definitely will, and they'll pay better to boot. During my personal time at Ubisoft i was rejected for a promotion more than once. I left and I'm doing the same exact job that I was turned down for at Ubisoft, and I'm willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that I make more where I am now then I would have doing the same thing at Ubisoft.

3.0
Feb 9, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- good parties - good bonus' (for some people, sometimes)

Cons

- middle managers are complete idiots quite often, and there's no way to tell that to the higher ups - the promotion/recognition/contribution evaluation and all related systems are horribly broken and they love it.

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