Great for anti social workaholics! - QA Tester Rockstar Games Employee Review

1.0
Nov 9, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Located in the heart of Scotland's Capital. Easy to get to and makes breaks more interesting. - Free drinks all day, every day. - Meals provided for when overtime is required. - You will work on products that are known worldwide, so it looks good on your CV. - If you are addicted to work, there will be plenty of hours for you to work.

Cons

- Anti sociable hours. It doesn't matter that you are in the heart of Edinburgh as you will be working about 12 hours a day anyway. - "Crunch time" is all the time and you will be given next to no notice that overtime is required. They say it is optional, but use terms like "We will be working..." and make you feel really awkward if you have other plans. - People who have been there at least a couple of years tend to be brown nosers and celebrate when overtime is announced. They have the audacity to ask you why you aren't doing it if you are unable to. - People act friendly, but would stab you in the back without hesitation in order to get a full time contract. - The work is monotonous and you will be doing the same thing every day, which actually makes you dislike gaming a bit. - People with next to no qualifications bossing you about and failing to understand technical terms. Be prepared for console fanboys who think "24fps is cinematic". The gaming talk is cringeworthy. They also laugh at anything the boss says. - The hours, free unhealthy meals and enviroment will make you feel lethargic. - You are expected to be happy because of the company name, this is an excuse to give you less than you are worth and expect you to be grateful. "It's GTA!".

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Pros

-The main pros of working here are there are many talented folks who are passionate about what they do. -Free lunch and work events were always pretty fun - A once in a lifetime opportunity to work on the biggest games of all time.

Cons

Rockstar takes advantage of the passionate people they have working for them. They use the brand as an excuse to not treat their employees with any dignity or respect. It's also worth mentioning that microagressions and misogyny is a bigger problem than what's being reported here. There were many times where I felt like my voice wasn't heard because of it. Leadership is also a the source of a lot of friction. Many of them are out of touch and let people who have worked their for a long time get away with abusing their direct reports and other lower on the totum pole colleagues. There are people who work here that have been reportedly for unprofessional behavior multiple times but don't receive any serious pushback from leadership. It's a very cliquey, fear based environment masked behind a fake sense of a forward thinking company. There's a lot of information withheld from people who are directly impacted by it, which eventually caused me to mistrust the company and leadership. I have mixed feelings because I enjoyed working on the games and there are many talent people who are being held back by a company that refuses to think differently.

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