Revolving door (unless you're family) - Director Level Executive Unicity Employee Review

1.0
13 Mar 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Typical corporate set up with some snacks, lower level employees tend to be great people

Cons

Unicity is a privately held company and reasserts absolute ownership by filling way too many (nearly all) executive slots with incompetent family and a couple of neighbors. Those folks ride on the backs of everyone else, claim the victories for work they didn't do, and blame the losses on their subordinates. As such, there is a violent whirlwind of executives in and out. No one with talent stays long. I cannot hit this point hard enough, if you don't share blood or a fence with the owner, you will not be happy there!

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5.0
18 Jul 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, great culture, and great benefits.

Cons

Not a lot of room for advancement.

1.0
29 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some good coworkers at the IC level. Mostly sort of remote (for now).

Cons

Compensation and growth opportunities appear to be limited, with raises and promotions happening rather infrequently. The engineering process can feel constrictive and overly focused on empty formalities, such as requiring cameras to be on during meetings, filling out spreadsheets, hours of ceremonial meetings, and pushing for physical presence in the office. Process tends to be more focused on maintaining control for its own sake rather than fostering a productive and positive work environment. The company's approach to outsourcing/offshoring may be seen as short-sighted or "penny-wise and pound-foolish." Those who would like to work for a patriotic US-based company that values domestic talent might want to consider this before accepting a position. The management style seems to rely heavily on meaningless, easily gamed numbers rather than on leadership via competence. This approach can make it difficult for employees to feel empowered or valued for their expertise. Little understanding or leveraging of asynchronous collaboration techniques, despite a largely distributed remote workforce. From my perspective, there appears to be a tendency for leadership roles to be filled through family/neighbor connections rather than through a transparent merit-based process. Expressing differing opinions or challenging the status quo can be risky. Dead sea effect and Peter principle are rampant at every level.

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