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Around 2020, I interviewed with them for a full-stack role in Montpellier France. They genuinely seemed perplexed when I laughed at their €38k offer, which tra

• gambiting 3y ago
  I used to work at Ubisoft until recently and our recruitment was genuinely surprised why we can't find any candidates for senior C++ programmer roles offering the equivalent of about €50-60k/year.
  • dijit 3y ago
    Worked for Ubisoft in Sweden as a senior infrastructure engineer for an always online title. One of two people to make the entirety of online work- which, if it didnt meant nobody could play. They offered 29k SEK/mo- which isn't just below average salary for that position, it is below the average salary in the city. I negotiated for a better pay but it took 6 years to get back to my pre-join salary. I only took the job because the alternative was King and I didn't think candy crush was ethical.
    • Raed667 3y ago
      It is insane how much the gaming industry gets away with because "passion" ... Just curious, Paradox (Stockholm) was not an option for you? From what I read they seem to pay better than 29k SEK.
      • dijit 3y ago
        It was Malmö, but cost of living in stockholm is much higher.
• benhurmarcel 3y ago
  In France that’s a pretty normal salary for an engineering graduate with a Masters and no experience outside of internships.
  • Raed667 3y ago
    This was with ~ 3 or 4 years of XP. It was lower than my salary at the time.