With the combination of UV Flow, UniV and my own BB_UVs addon, I have been able to setup a workflow that is more efficient for doing UVs than in Maya.
BB_UVs:
https://github.com/riouxr/BB-UVs
Download the release, drag and drop the ZIP into Blender for installation.
UV Flow:
https://superhivemarket.com/products/...
UniV
Part of the extension platform. So just install it from Blender