Beware - Developer Funcom Employee Review

I am sorry that you had such a negative experience at Funcom, so much so that you'd give the title "Beware" especially since you were employed with the studio for 8+ years. There has been some ups and downs at the studio during the past 25 years and we feel that recently the studio has been making some strategic changes for the better. 1. Salaries in the US have been adjusted recently and are absolutely competitive to other entertainment/tech companies in the Raleigh area. Salaries can be compared on Glassdoor.com 2. Funcom Inc. offers fully paid medical, dental, vision, long-term disability and life insurance to employees, spouses and entire families. The plans that we offer to employees are "top tier" plans, this was confirmed by multiple benefits suppliers including ADP and Insperity. 3. Funcom offers a 401K plan to employees including Roth IRAs. 4. Promotions are based on performance and need, we are a mid-sized studio (as of June 2018 we have 135 employees between Raleigh and Oslo). The studio gives employees an opportunity to grow and mentor Juniors/Associates, they can then earn the Senior title and when they are ready to manage a team they are given the "Lead" title. This model is true for most game development studios and there are absolutely opportunities for growth and promotion within Funcom. 5. We are not sure how you can say that Cost of Living increases are non-existent when studio leadership and Human Resources gave each and every full time employee a competitive cost of living adjustment in January 2018. 6. Funcom consider all employees as "IN" which is why they are employed by Funcom and they are not "OUT" which means they have the opportunity to grow within the studio and to increase their role, responsibility and their salary. 7. Employees are rewarded with stock option opportunities, promotions, salary increases and new job opportunities. This is for all employees and not just employees who are friends with the Producers. If you would like to discuss anything within this response the HR door is always open at Funcom!