Political nightmare - Anonymous employee Ubisoft Employee Review

The culture is cliquey - if you're not part of the 'in crowd', your days are not numbered, but you're unlikely to be considered for any kind of promotion. If you're part of the crowd, you'll be promoted and rewarded because you're liked. Often, they spend ages trying to fill a position and then just promote from within - not because someone proved themselves but because it's the easiest and cheapest thing to do. Salaries are low - Ubisoft claims not to be the best payers because you get the top projects in the industry - sure, you get to be a pipeline studio for another studio that actually controls the game. This means you have very little creative input and have to deal with the other studio's politics as well as your own. Definitely a party culture - this is great when you first arrive but as you grow and develop, it becomes tiresome. Ubisoft Toronto is best if you don't have a family! Montreal wants to dictate process and protocol - this is fine but when you disagree and escalate to Paris, they want you to follow what Montreal does. Being heard in Toronto is nearly impossible. Management runs on a fear basis - people are afraid to speak out. It's a highly political and toxic environment - if you try to move things forward, be creative or even propose to do anything that management didn't have in mind (yes that's a guessing game in itself) then you are screwed.