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Universal Robots

Part of Teradyne

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Universal Robots reviews

3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)

Kim Povlsen

60% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

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).

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100 reviews
5.0
Oct 24, 2019

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fantastic staff, great challenge, good values.

Cons

to much work - not balanced

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Universal Robots Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide a review, and our apologies for the delay in responding. We are so excited to see that the core values for our company have resonated and empowered you and all of the rest of our fantastic staff. We also acknowledge your point about the workload and work life balance. In 2019 we have hired additional members to our senior management team to better align the right tasks to the right departments and teams. We hope that in 2020 the impact of this is better felt throughout our organization. One key to remember is to remain focused on both the urgent and important tasks. Please also talk to your manager for input on prioritization on tasks.
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.
4.0
Apr 15, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing with many chances for advancement. Strong business model with a strong and receptive management team.

Cons

Young company with some start up issues remaining.

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Universal Robots Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your inputs. Please do reach out to any of the management team with your suggestions on how to keep our values intact and how to address our "growing pains." Some of our greatest improvement opportunities have come from the creativity and innovation of our colleagues!
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