Great company, some poor management decisions at local level - Anonymous employee Ubisoft Employee Review

4.0
Feb 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company as a whole is fun. Ubisoft makes great products and the people have fun doing it. The vast majority of staff is made up of great people.

Cons

Local management makes a lot of suspect decisions. The way budgets get spent is strange, a lot of poorly guided decisions regarding promotions, assignment of larger tasks to the wrong people, and little support for individual growth. There's a big sense of impostor syndrome for some members of management, you can tell they would rather make no decision than the wrong decision. Pay is substandard. I was being paid about 20% less than I should have been. The appeal of working "in the industry" as a gamer might be enough to make that a wash for many, but not fair when you also consider the stresses that come up that. The international nature of the company can be a drag. There's a lot of decisions made somewhere else that will directly impact you and your work. Sometimes that's fine, sometimes that's too much.

Explore other reviews about Ubisoft

5.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team. Awesome games. Fun opportunities.

Cons

Not a ton of hours available

3.0
Apr 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote work, free games. Good co-workers.

Cons

Horrendous pay, expectations of work absolutely unreasonable. Turnover rate pretty high, and instead of hiring new employees, just had the remaining team take over the work that required like 10+ employees. Then after requiring 200% productivity to make up for the lack of a team, complained about teams.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All