Toxic culture and going downhill since 2 years ago - Software Engineer Pocket Gems Employee Review

1.0
Sep 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

(1) Some colleagues are extremely supportive, creative and smart. (2) Great location (SF downtown). (3) Not bad perk in gaming industry. (4) Good to join if you have no other options.

Cons

(1) Ever since the failure of PG's new game, every insider knows that the company is obviously going downhill with acceleration. Stars are leaving gradually and some people got laid off. (2) The management is like a family run business. The hilarious thing is that they are playing unprofessional management seriously. PG's management emphasize on shifting blames and micro managing. The result is the toxic culture. Another keyword of the culture is hypocritical, where people pretend to be enthusiastic and love PG but are actually actively seeking jobs outside and blaming leads. If you search the current employees names (both leads and non-leads), without any surprise you'll find many of their resumes were updated on some recruiting platforms quite recently :) (3) My team is not that bad but overall employees are suffering from long hours. For this one it's not only PG's fault, but the original sin of the game industry to get low pay with long hours.

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Pocket Gems Response
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Thank you for your review. We truly strive to create a meaningful and positive experience for all Gemmers and hope to continue to build upon our values of doing the right thing and continuously iterating and improving. Thanks again for sharing your feedback.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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