PlayStation reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,336 total reviews)
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Jim Ryan

78% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

PlayStation has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,336 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The PlayStation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 3, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Working for a product that is well-liked around the world. Free lunch on Tuesdays. Commissary in the bigger offices (not free, but saves you a drive, and decent prices). A few coworkers that care and respects you. Nice holiday party (mileage varies based on the office location). Opportunity to travel (mileage varies based on who you kiss up to and how you work in the business value). A recognition reward of a gift card based on nominations by coworkers (mileage may vary based on how good you are friends with the person). A hackathon (mileage may vary based on what resources are at your disposal. Wanna play with a PlayStation? If you're not already working with it day-to-day, you'll spend a week just to ramp up on how to get things to work, and then another week to try to get answers from others or to help you out.) That's about it.

Cons

If it wasn't for the success of the PlayStation console, I would give this company a zero-star rating. Many of the previous reviews are true about the culture: * Cover your butt * Managing your boss, not your direct reports (i.e. make her/him happy) * Non-technical people and awful programmers in charge of engineering * Outdated technology stack * Average technical expertise (with the exception of a few) who talk the talk, but do not do what they preach with software development best practices * Band-aid style software: Let's wait and see if it breaks * Test on production :( * Mountains of bureaucracy: Let's spam the entire engineering staff with emails whenever a build is to be made. Seriously? * The guy who speaks the loudest and cuts off people the most, wins * People who buddy up to their managers, wins (see "managing your boss"). Who doesn't like a sweet-talker?

2.0
May 28, 2015

Toxic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Working on PlayStation and being a part of the video game industry. The PlayStation ecosystem is always on the cutting edge, and the time I spent there was during the PS4 launch so it was doubly exciting. The passion and enthusiasm many of the employees have for what they're doing is unrivaled. It wasn't uncommon to find people who just loved what they did.

Cons

Management was terrible. The value of human resources was lost on many people, and the people in positions of power were too interested in saving face to make sure their workforce was being managed and treated properly. There were countless situations where management was aware of a terrible work environment but actively avoided the subject and did nothing to rectify the situation.

2.0
Mar 26, 2014
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

A few very talented and passionate co-workers. Day-to-day chaos can lead to growth opportunities, if you can manage to keep your head above water and work past it.

Cons

Huge amount of attrition at every level and function. In less than a year, I watched 70% of my team leave. 2 top executives quit outright (giving no notice), leaving their positions unfilled until a year plus after. New middle and senior management has little to no experience in the space. The culture is becoming increasingly conservative, cliquey and less diverse as the parent company struggles financially. Said passionate and skilled workers were burned through, weren't recognized for their efforts, and left. Successful or innovative work is considered threatening and not rewarded. Not-rocking-the-boat is encouraged. Remaining and new employees are necessarily apathetic and mediocre in order to survive. Zero career growth paths. Strategy is often abandoned and teams are randomized due to pet projects and poor operational planning. Groundhog Day.

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