Riot Games reviews

Passionate employees - To a person, everyone is passionate about the success of the company and the flagship game (League of Legends). Almost nobody is there just for the paycheck (and the ones who are just clocking in and out are usually shown the door with generous severance). Incredible growth - League of Legends launched with 50 Rioters (people who work at Riot) and today there are over a thousand in 8 offices around the world (more opening with new territory launches each year). This has meant opportunities abound for people able to step up into newer and larger roles. For instance, being in charge of live operations for a game with over 30 million players a month is a lot more responsibility than being in charge of that for a game with less than a million players. The company's been willing to invest heavily in headcount, infrastructure and technology. New Challenges - The challenges the company faces today (coordinating internationally, having hundreds co-develop, supporting millions of simultaneous players) are different from the ones of previous years (launching internationally, having a few elite teams, trying to get people into the game). For me that has meant doing different things than I was hired to, learning new skills and taking on new responsibilities Autonomy - Riot tries not to operate hierarchically, and most decisions are made by the teams actually doing the work. There is a crazy amount of empowerment, but also a high level of accountability. Rioters are held to their decision-making track record. Cross functional teams - Teams of mixed backgrounds (artists, designers, QA, engineers and marketing people) are all put on teams together for projects that require different abilities to succeed, with the idea that teams should be able to own their own destiny and be responsible for their success or failure. Player-focused - The company truly tries to make the right decisions for the players and for the long run. It's nice to see alignment across the company on building something to last decades and beyond. Riot, for all its growth, is still relatively free of politics and infighting - everyone is trying to serve the players the best they can.

I rated Riot 5 stars because the company is a great fit for me. I fully recognize and acknowledge that this company may not be a good fit for a lot of people. Most of what I write could be taken as a pro or con depending on your work preferences... (Pro/Con) You need to check your ego at the door to succeed here. We have some of the world's top performers in their respective industries here but there's also a strong culture of feedback so if you're sensitive to hearing anything negative about your performance or work, you might not like working here. (Pro/Con) Plenty of perks and benefits for employees. As part of Riot's People Team, I can attest to the fact that we are constantly thinking about what will make our employees happy, maintain high-caliber work, and help them grow professionally. But tied to that is the expectation that they are going to deliver phenomenal work consistently (keeping in mind that one-off mistakes are okay and considered good learning experiences....as long as you learn from them). (Pro/Con) If you've been hired here, it's mostly because it's been deemed that your judgement can be trusted. Once you're in, Riot will really rely on you to use your best judgement to make key and critical decisions. That type of freedom can be liberating as long as you consider that you'll also be held accountable for these decisions if they don't turn out well.