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Not the best place to work - Anonymous employee IGN Entertainment Employee Review

1.0
Apr 8, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

IGN should be a fun place to work if you think about it - we're all about video games, and the office has the requisite fun stuff like ping pong, air hockey, arcade games and the occasional beer keg. Also the company is fairly small so it's easy to contact whoever you need to - just walk over to their desk or office.

Cons

Management is hugely inconsistent. Some managers are inspirational and good to work with; others are incredibly ignorant, thoughtless, irritable, or disrespectful. The longer I stay at IGN, the more I realize how political the company is. Given our small size, the level of politicization is just unbelievable. Promotions and positive feedback are given out like patronage, while inexplicably-unfavored people with the right skills and the right attitude are set up to fail. As others have mentioned, the pay structure sucks and significant raises are almost impossible to obtain. Bonuses are minuscule.

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Cons

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Pros

- Great content team - Name recognition grants access opportunities - A handful of supportive veterans who can still get things done

Cons

- New VP is behind the times and a bully to any staff that rank below him, especially women. - Management's first instinct to cut costs is always lay-offs, while investing in projects and acquisitions that only further strain workload - It's always "do more with less," not "what changes would actually allow more productivity?" - Morale is so low many long term staff openly talk about job hunting and two key people have left since new VP's appointment (and are yet to be replaced) - No clear plan for dealing with falling traffic or issues faced due to AI - Technical innovation focused anywhere but editorial

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