Pocket Gems reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)
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Ben Liu

91% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Pocket Gems has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Pocket Gems 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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101 reviews
3.0
Aug 6, 2014

Very fun company, but not going anywhere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pocket Gems has a super fun gaming/startup culture. It's a great job straight out of college that will show you the ropes and allow you to progress your career. Everyone is very smart and very nice.

Cons

Pocket Gems isn't growing and hasn't really made any games that the market has responded to recently. They're still trying to figure out "how to make a great game" and until that happens, there won't be much progression in the company.

2.0
May 21, 2018

Toxic culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Smart people 2. Not bad perks 3. A lot of opportunity to learn as it's a startup

Cons

1. Willing to listen to people but rarely change. Not transparent though claims itself as flat management. Similar things which showed no respect to employees happened again and again. PS: Did you see them ever replied to bad comments here? :) 2. Toxic culture. Management is just like a family-run business. If you like it, this is your place. If not, you'd like to leave ASAP. 3. Not PG's fault but gaming is truly a hard business.

2.0
Oct 28, 2013
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-Colleagues are all very hardworking and talented people. -Free food.

Cons

-People are very highly opinionated, and sometimes don't listen to what others have to say. -The engineers often gripe about product management -- it sometimes feels like they walk all over the engineers (not every manager is alike, though.) -Since this is a startup, the average age is really young, which is both a pro and a con. It can be frustrating at times that less experienced people (often times fresh out of college) exude over-confidence and arrogance in the workplace. (Again, not everyone is like this, but it does happen enough that it's bothersome to some of us). -As others have mentioned, this is a very fast-paced environment, so there's a lot of pressure, and it's a huge time commitment. -I never thought I'd say this, but I'm getting tired of playing games. You HAVE to be a big gamer in order to thrive in this environment (seems intuitive, I know), but the non-gamers often feel like they don't fit in the work culture, because it consumes after-work activities too.

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