Don't believe the hype - Game QA Tester Rockstar Games Employee Review

2.0
Aug 11, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Experience working for a AAA games company. They provide perks like BUPA healthcare, Fitness Budget, ability to purchase shares at a reduced price, free meals and the potential for end of year bonuses.

Cons

Very corporate and toxic environment where the company is prioritized over the employees and they are never willing to take responsibility for any bad decisions made by management (of which there are plenty). They actively try to push a family narrative but have no problems lying to employees or intentionally avoiding serious issues raised...treating any constructive criticism as an attack. Managers tend to have this "you should be grateful to work here" attitude whenever you try to raise legitimate concerns. Advancement through the company is rarely based on merit but more on knowing the right people, fitting some company agenda or a willingness to submit/side with the company on all fronts regardless of how that bad that can be at times. In terms of creativity, they were once trend setters in the industry, willing to push boundaries and focus on on player enjoyment. Unfortunately these days they seem to just rinse and repeat the same game design and mechanics that made them their millions because their focus and drive for everything they do now is rooted in money/profit.

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Pros

Innovation and technology is the best

Cons

Hectic days and crunching is bad

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2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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