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      Chess.com

      Engaged Employer

      Chess.com reviews

      4.1

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (92 total reviews)
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      Erik Allebest

      84% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      Chess.com has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 92 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Chess.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      92 reviews
      5.0
      Feb 24, 2025

      Great company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great management that cares about growing the game and it's employees at the same time.

      Cons

      Nothing comes to my mind

      1.0
      Feb 14, 2025

      Corrupted Engineering from weak CTO leadership

      Engineering
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You can play chess while at work...

      Cons

      Although the leadership was reluctant to admit it, Chess.com was preparing for a public IPO. The company struggled to meet IPO requirements, leading to intense micromanagement of the entire engineering department. The situation was dire—made worse by the fact that power was concentrated in the hands of a single individual: the Chess.com CTO, who exercised control over the entire company. Poor communication, a confusing culture, and a toxic environment of backstabbing. There were a dozen of YES man always trying to make the CTO happy. To me, the company was more about ChessCTO.com.

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