Ubisoft Reviews in Montreal, QC Area

Pros

Fun to work there, can play games in the office

Cons

Promotion is slow, only if you know someone who can promote you. Salary also quite low.

Advice to Senior Management

Please, find out who is doing what

Pros

- great work
- cool environment / location
- work hard play hard
- great cool fun industry

Cons

- very poor work life balance
- little recognition
- a lot of wasted time and effort from senior management

Advice to Senior Management

make a decision, stick to it.

Pros

Video game in Montreal is in like a unique buble that deos not reflect the realities of the normal salaries...

Cons

It is very hard to advance, to go up. If you want to go up, you have to leave and come back later. Plus, the contract is a pain if you want to work for a competitor afterward.

Advice to Senior Management

Get as much diplomas before you get in because it's hard to go up after your in. To go up, you have to get out and get back in.

Pros

Very casual atmosphere and management try to have good environnement
Talented and motivated employees
Very stimulating field
The companie try hard to create the best in game.

Cons

Lack of vision from upper management.
Very short time management that imply to much overtime for employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Ubisoft should try to have long term vision instead of only reacting at the previous sales.
With vision it will be easier for every to limit overtime.

Pros

Friendly and collegial atmosphere. Lots of talented fellow employees. Considering the company size, very little bureaucracy. More focused on quality than cost control.

Cons

Pay is low compared to similar firms, especially in terms of bonuses and stock options. Difficult to advance if not French (i.e. from France).

Advice to Senior Management

Return to Ubisoft's roots and refocus on making innovative, high quality games. Then share some of the proceeds from the resulting profits with your employees.

Pros

good projects, competent development team, big teams equals a lot of support and infrastructure

Cons

horrible management, including overtime in project schedule, impossible to have a career if you don't speak french, good projects not as "perks" but as part of the compensation package: "we will pay you less since you are fortunate to work for us", nonesense...

Advice to Senior Management

stop running the studio as if it was a sweatshop and using the good projects as a bait to attract talent. Give respect to get respect

Pros

- international company with many internal opportunities
- friendly working environment

Cons

Immature company in many ways: lack of leadership from top management, poor internal processes, lack of group coherence in all different Ubisoft subsidiaries (e.g. Human Resources).

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more people from outside, get best practices from other companies, create a real notion of group: same processes and tools everywhere, and be more humble. Ubisoft is lucky to be in a fast-growing and profitable industry where internal problems are obscured.