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      Universal Robots

      Part of Teradyne

      Engaged Employer

      Universal Robots reviews

      3.0

      46% would recommend to a friend

      (100 total reviews)

      Kim Povlsen

      60% approve of CEO

      29% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.3

      Senior management

      Universal Robots has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Universal Robots employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      100 reviews
      2.0
      Oct 19, 2019

      Great products - poor senior management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary is ok Great SW developers

      Cons

      3 R&D VPs in short time - the current is an extremely bad communicator - my 7 year old has better English and communication skills. It is embarrassing! Management knowledge about good agile SW execution is very limited - and destroying what could have been a well oiled agile delivery organization - a shame and people are leaving the company in masses.

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      Universal Robots Response
      6y
      Universal Robots is committed to maintaining our strategic software advantage in the collaborative robot marketplace. In the last eighteen months, we have made significant investments in the infrastructure, resources and tools to support a growing and developing Agile-focused Software organization. These measures were adding to staff headcount (including Scrum Master and Technical Lead positions), upskilling our existing software developers with learning and project collaboration opportunities, and creating stronger infrastructure and processes. We are proud that this investment has resulted in a stronger retention rate than the industry average, and we continue to search for ways to invest and improve. We are sorry that our efforts have not met your expectations, and we would invite you to reach out to your manager or HR business partner at any time with constructive feedback. Through the ongoing exchange of ideas and inputs from all our colleagues, we can demonstrate our values of Courage, Passion, Innovation and Integrity to the people whose lives we impact: one robot at a time.
      2.0
      Oct 4, 2019

      Could be a lot better

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible working hours Exciting industry Friendly colleagues

      Cons

      Very high employee turnover Organizational changes and lay-offs are carried out in an extremely unprofessional manner with absolutely no respect for the affected employees Unclear/non-existing promotion process The company has no (known) strategy Lack of leadership Very poor communication from management and between departments/branches

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      Universal Robots Response
      6y
      Dear colleague Thanks for taking the time to write some feedback for us - it's always appreciated! Even though we were sad to read this review. One of the things we are truly proud of at Universal Robots is empowering our employees. We have a lot of examples of colleagues being promoted or trying out different aspects of their field of work. One of the things we have launched this year is our 2.0 career paths, which should make the promotion process more visible. If you are ever in doubt on what it takes to get promoted please reach out to your manager and/or your HR Business partner. Thanks for your management advice. It is certainly something we aim for both in HR and in the management team - but we will try being even better at it going forward. Always feel welcome to come by HR and share your thoughts, concerns and suggestions for solutions. Best regards, HR
      2.0
      Aug 29, 2019

      Lack of opportunities to grow

      Testing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good working environment Friendly/skilled colleagues Stable job

      Cons

      Lack of opportunities to grow Poor/biased performance appraisals (salary raises etc.) Biased management (in some departments) Promotions based on favoritism/racism Lack of product management Lack of project/product goals (in some departments) They prefer to dispose old/experienced employees (instead of trying to retain them)

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      Universal Robots Response
      6y
      Dear colleague We were very sorry to read this review. One of the things we are truly proud of at Universal Robots is empowering our employees. We have a lot of examples of colleagues being promoted and/or trying out different aspects of their field of work if they have a passion to do so. If you are in any way experiencing favoritism/racism and cannot discuss this with your manager please contact your local HR Business Partner or any other colleague in the HR team. This is a very serious matter and we have zero tolerance of favoritism/racism at UR. One final reply on you comment on disposing employees. It’s one of our primary strategic focus points to keep our high retention rates. We are making a lot of efforts continuously on this matter and all our employees are invited to propose ideas. We believe our employees are our greatest strength at Universal Robots. Kind regards, The HR team
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