The company is great, but Platform Services has much to improve
The company is great, but Platform Services has much to improve
Tons of different departments to see and explore career paths.
Company offers a lot of different learning and development courses throughout the year.
Company has a health/wellness program to get gamers moving.
Work/life balance takes a hit, depending on the team.
The Platform Services department is mostly based on who you know to get advanced. Hard work and contributing when asked are not recognized.
Compensation is a yearly question that appears in surveys but never gets resolved. Throughout the year, the employer delivers taxable goods (i.e., free games, books) that the employee doesn't have a say in whether or not they want. This is considered a part of the employee's salary/benefits.
Assess and restructure the personal management positions (supervisor, asst manager, manager).
Those positions do not understand what each of their reports' team does, and rarely take the time to understand it.
Thus, reviews are based off of information that the report's team members give, not through their own personal oversight.
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Localization QA Analyst (Engineering Writer)
Irvine, California, United StatesMay 1, 2010A couple of talks and a background check. Overall, people are nice and smart, focusing more on passion and potential than skill set. I loved the company more during the interview process because the culture was reflected.
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Irvine, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2013My interview process consisted of two parts. The first was a phone interview with a developer in a similar role. It took 30 minutes to pass through all the questions. The questions were not difficult but touched a variety of programming topics. The
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Irvine, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2022First, a screening call. Then, a hiring manager interview. Next, a panel of three one-hour technical interviews with members of the team I'd be joining. Finally, an interview with Product Managers.
