Pay is NEVER going to be what it should be. Do not expect a high wage here. Juniors are making 5000 - 7000 AED a month and living out of shared accomodations in bunk beds. Intermediates are not doing much better. Your pay will scale to your race.
Project manager is verbally abusive to employees under him, having brought people to tears.
Treats employees like slaves, with a clear hierarchy that ends and starts with him. There are no other high-level employees anymore, with most of them having quit or were forced out for having a differing opinion
OT is daily. Expect to be there until 8am the next day on public holidays. Completely unpaid. This last months, while they treat you like it's your fault as the game is failing.
Game is dead. Project management is bleeding the money dry while lying to employees about the stats to keep up appearances while they can.
Studio has only two games, with no successes. One game is inherited and is on a steep decline, with the other being cringely unacknowledged by headquarters.
Studio Director has never come out of his office and socialised once with staff. The general feeling amongst employees was that he blames us for the failures of the game. Has directly come out and used analogies that are demeaning and abusive for why we are treated the way we are.
HR will never defend. Any employee that speaks up is, and have been fired. This has been 6 employees this year with over 20 people having quit in the past three.
The studio is close to being closed. Any leaving employees are being replaced with people who cost less with lower titles. Expenses are being cut left right and center.
Please don't consider this place. The reasons will all be apparent if the project somehow survives beyond your probation. Do not expect them to take care of you, they regularly break the law in regards to employees.
