Supercell reviews

4.1

68% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)

Ilkka Paananen

69% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Supercell has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Supercell 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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59 reviews
3.0
Oct 18, 2023

Leadership has lost the plot

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Massive comp packages. Tend to hire smart and capable people. Huge amount of personal freedom and independence to execute your work on your own terms and grow personally. Lavish (though often excessive) offices, parties, off sites, benefits and travel perks. Get to work with an incredibly diverse and interesting group of people from all over the globe.

Cons

Sometimes those good hires are not good employees, but the performance review process is a joke and it allows people to fester and contribute very little as long as they stroke the right egos or make friends with the right people. People can repeatedly fail and break everything they touch but still receive promotions. Leadership has been slow to make decisions and often takes half measures. The proof is in the pudding - no innovation and no new games for over 5 years now. They've grown increasingly less transparent. Now resorting to "soft" layoffs and to slashing comp while saying that they are not. Zero opportunities for professional growth within the company outside of what you do on your own time. A "flat" management structure that applies to everyone but the leads, who are free to make decisions in a vacuum and without feedback. HR team is made up of people that lack prior HR experience. They often botch simple tasks. Burnout and travel take a heavy personal toll on many employees.

1.0
Nov 6, 2024
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Some strong well loved IP and good pay/benefits. On a growth trajectory in terms of offices and head count, opportunities to work in many places in the world. They are keen to grow fast now so easy for almost anyone to get a job there.

Cons

Many cults of personality exist within the company. Those with the biggest egos or who are closest to the old boys club members get to make decisions, form teams and even spend 5+ years working on projects that go no where due to their lack of actual game dev knowledge or restraints. Do not relocate to Finland for this company! They will burn you out and there aren’t many great options for another job here if you have any energy left so you will probably need to relocate back.

3.0
Oct 11, 2023

Burnout Factory full of great people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are liked by the right people you can have great freedom in your role and even start new teams. Bonus compensation is great, can be Silicon Valley levels. Lot's of great, kind people work there, until they are crushed by burnout, or heavy handed management.

Cons

Staff frequently go on sick leave or leave the company due to burnouts. Company does all it can to protect it's reputation (and the reputation of leads that are part of the boys club there), by paying people to leave when it can rather than layoff staff or settle disputes involving a leads behavior. Outdated, cumbersome tech and lack of innovation in recent years has lead to a feeling that the company is falling behind.

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