A great mix of Games Industry and Tech Industry - Software Engineer Riot Games Employee Review

5.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Talented coworkers. Great environment, so much enthusiasm and passion for games and our players. Tech industry style compensation, competes on pay with Amazon/Microsoft/Google/Facebook. Amazing opportunities for career movement, especially inside engineering. If you identify a need and can meet that need it is easy to move around the company. I know people who were hired for backend platform work who are now game engineers.

Cons

Still dealing with the legacy of explosive growth, so organizationally immature with a fair amount of tech debt. Some areas feel understaffed and finding excellent candidates who share our values has been difficult. Limited liquidity access for equity compensation (due to the company being private).

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Great benefits, pays well, can work on some very interesting problems.

Cons

Work hours are from 10-7 and hardly anyone actually works that, so stuff can move at a snail pace. Getting help from central teams can be painful, especially if they're way off hours. Some of the culture can get a bit overwhelming too and you can end up feeling pretty lonely if you don't drink the koolaid.

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