Twitch

Twitch is one of the 1st tier employers in the Bay Area. It's number 1 in my opinion. It totally deserves a 1 rating.

• Every employee is provided with a headphone. It's allowed to listen to music at work, especially Pandora, since our new COO from Pandora brought so many old friends from that failing company.

• There is no micromanagement from upper management. All middle and lower managers are given freedom to do their work. When there are conflicts between teams, we are trusted to find solutions ourselves. Standoffs between teams are frequent. We are encouraged to fight our way out. If we don't follow the rule and try to get upper management involved, we would be ignored in the best-case scenario and berated in the worst.

• Managers in different levels are given freedom to do their jobs. When we want to get rid of an employee, we can make up a story and put them in review without any issue.

• Working at Twitch is a great learning experience for everyone. With years of experience in an environment with rampant politics, I am ready to start my career in politics. I could never do that in other companies.

• Twitch is a subsidiary of Amazon but stays independent as a medium-sized company. It has the best of both worlds. For example, it has the Amazon promise-based compensation system. HR will tell you AMZN stock increases by about 17% a year. This is ingenious since this way employees feel like they are making more than they actually make, and everyone is happier than they should be.

• Twitch is a great place to make new friends. Team members are constantly quitting. Every year or two, you are working with completely different people on your team. How wonderful that is.

Nothing I can think of right now.

Keep up the good work!