Great Place to Learn - Anonymous employee Riot Games Employee Review

4.0
May 18, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great people - Folks are willing to teach/discuss their work with you - Perks are on par with typical SF tech companies - Depending on your position, you can really quickly get into some awesome projects - People really do care about the mission/players - not being predatory as a F2P game means a lot

Cons

- Doesn't do a great job of rewarding high performance - Focus on alignment means a huge amount of people have say/input on decisions, which can lead to paralysis. Absolutely need a strong vision or ideas die quickly. - Comp is very low for some positions - 'Gaming at work' culture is sometimes abused

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Cons

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