Good place to work - Anonymous employee Universal Robots Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours Friendly people Good working Enrivonment

Cons

Sometimes disoriented goals Very slow pace to catch up with the latest technologies Lack of processes Poor facilities such as work spaces in some departments, no sport facilities like table tennis etc. Poor salary reviews and promotions structure. Emphasis is only on hiring new people, no care for current employees in some departments

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Universal Robots Response
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Thank you for your feedback. You are right about the people and environment at Universal Robots – both are amazing. With our rapid growth, it has been difficult at times to keep pace with seating requirements using the current facilities. We continually evaluate our real estate needs. To address the needs, we opened several new sites in 2018 including an additional location in Odense, Denmark. Also, to ensure that our goals are aligned and transparent, we have instituted a strategic deployment process. Our leadership team sets specific organizational goals which cascade to actions for every department, job function and colleague within the firm. Thanks for taking the time to write this review and providing some specific action areas where we can focus. Thank you, too, for your ongoing contribution to Universal Robot’s success.

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