Pros: Good benefits. Talented people across disciplines. A real passion for making great games within game teams.

Cons: Career progression is legitimately terrible. You can slave away, get positive feedback, and be stuck at the senior level forever, in spite of outperforming those a level above you for years (I've seen this happen to multiple people in multiple disciplines). Leadership favors hiring at the highest levels but doesn't manage to fill out our ranks with promising associate/mid-levels. Half the people they hire don't end up performing. It feels like every director just fills out principal roles like Supreme Court justices. Vertical. DEI kinda sucks. Teams aren't very diverse, especially in design and engineering. Everyone is white or East Asian, and basically no women.

Pros: Remote working is still possible.

Cons: No job security. In Q1, you are forced to enter "death note" goals for the year. In Q2 and Q3, there is a check-in, with only "on track" or "need improvement" options. Your manager can enter notes however they want, and you can be impacted at any time. Q4 is the annual review, where a manager can write anything and put you on "not meet."

Pros: Treat employees well. There are good perks and a genuine joy around what we create as a company. Good transparency.

Cons: Compensation and career opportunities aren't that great. Recent layoff situations seemed to be avoidable and could have been handled better.