Ubisoft reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,322 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 4,322 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 Médias et communication industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Mar 29, 2016

An even mix of good and bad

Anonymous employee
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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
CEO approval
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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.

2.0
Dec 25, 2015

A beginner friendly studio

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent learning opportunities Work is demanding in terms of time commitment but less so in brain power Great for portfolio

Cons

Work is demanding in terms of time commitment but less so in brain power Perceived "French wall" to career progression - you're with the in group or French to proceed Very slow career progression Sub par salary and benefits Waaay too much bureaucracy Schizophrenic review system - Encourages employees who are politically skilled but not necessarily strong in their core skills.

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