Pros
• Well looked after, free cold food all year round, free hot over winter • Subsidised travel, gym memberships, private healthcare, etc - loads of perks • Company funded social events • Wellbeing ambassadors, cosy kitchens, breakout areas, semi-private spaces and meeting rooms • Hybrid working style with no fixed pattern but heading to a mandatory but flexible 8 days • per month in the studios • No crunch • Super discounted games orders • Well structured, generally well organised, with good & fair career progression structure • Friendly atmosphere • Can simply request to transfer between Leamington and Newcastle as your home studio • Can internally apply for other jobs in Ubisoft worldwide • A mix of big project work and tech teams available to join (though the latter mostly restricted to programmers) • Occasional travel between two studios (though definitely less of this lately)
Cons
• Experiences vary between teams and projects! I seem to be in one of the better teams. • Average pay • Not offering full-time remote working (in case that's what you're looking for) apart from exceptional cases (ie they are desperate) • Despite great improvements in communication, can still be a lack of clarity on certain subjects (especially pay and higher career development) • Staff turnover currently a little high, struggling to retain staff, but without greater industry context I don't know if this is Ubi specific or currently an industry wide issue while people settle after Covid (and the plethora of fully-remote roles now available). • Projects developed using a lot of co-dev with other studios reduces human interaction, team feel, plus different time zones reduce window of communication • Bonus scheme linked to company profitability is understandable but the past couple of years have not been so great, so reduced or no bonuses being paid out