Does Pocket Gems pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Pocket Gems employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Pocket Gems. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Pocket Gems?

85% of Pocket Gems employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Pocket Gems 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Pocket Gems?

Software Engineer (9) , Product Manager (8) , Senior Software Engineer (3) , Writer (3) , Data Scientist (2) , Development Manager (2) , Engineer (2) , Game Designer (2) , Mobile Test Engineer (2) , Product (2) , Software Developer (2) , Software Engineer II (2) , Software Engineer(Internship) (2)

What are the pros of working at Pocket Gems according to real employee reviews?

"Lots of really great people to work with." ((in 21 reviews)); "The team is great that I work with directly." ((in 9 reviews)); "good salary and benefits" ((in 8 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (I'm a parent)" ((in 6 reviews)); "free food and parties." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Pocket Gems according to real employee reviews?

"Lower pay compared to larger tech companies in the area like google, fb, Twitter, Dropbox." ((in 6 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 4 reviews)); "Long hours, but nothing else really" ((in 3 reviews)); "By the time I left, I'd been beaten down by poor management, goalposts and deadlines that were constantly moved without any acknowledgment, and a nonstop battle between creative and product management." ((in 3 reviews)); "leadership is getting into NFTs" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Pocket Gems layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Pocket Gems layoffs and their outlook for job security at Pocket Gems in 2026.

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Pocket Gems reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Ben Liu

91% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

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

5.0

Feb 10, 2014

Great place to make an individual impact

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The people, hands down. Some of the best and brightest that could easily work else where but chooses to work here. Some of my closest friends I've met here.

Cons

Typical to the industry, fast paced and tough work-life balance, but I think most people choose it out of passion for their work.

5.0

Nov 12, 2013

Freaking awesome and whole heartedly happy and excited about working here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

People: The best perk or benefit about working at Pocket Gems is working with humble, down to earth, extremely smart and talented individuals. Great Culture: Pocket Gems is a true start up at heart. Zero red tape. Employees are given freedom to make right decisions to help the company grow. Mission: The company has a great mission to become #1 in mobile entertainment space and to build the best mobile team in world and I think every decision made by the management team is inline with Company's mission.

Cons

To nice: I think people here are too nice and I am not sure if they can convey a tough message to any employee as needed for the organization.

4.0

Nov 1, 2013

Work hard, play hard

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Things are done fast here once you convince the right 1-2 people that it's worth doing. It's a very agile environment and we try to be flexible with our priorities. Everyone is super friendly and easy to get along with. There's lots of social events and the whole office turns into a party on Fridays. Pool table, foosball, ping pong, Nintendo Wii -- it's like a gigantic playground!

Cons

You do have to work hard at this company. Working late into the night past midnight is not the day-to-day norm, but definitely something to you'll come to expect around major release dates, emergency bugs etc. This might be due to the fact that we are quite ambitious with the features we try to cram into each release and management does get stressed out at times.

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