Very organic structure - Anonymous employee Magnetar Games Employee Review

5.0
Mar 27, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility to approach your work and get support from the whole team. Owner is always motivating us to research and learn more.

Cons

Like many startups, projects could change their direction very fast.

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1.0
Oct 18, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I think that being paid and having a job is good. UBC is beautiful but far. The benefits cover eyecare.

Cons

-Turnover has tended to be less than 1 year for most employees due to the stress of passive aggressive, underhanded management tactics. I witnessed 4 people quit within my time at a 10-15 person company, then 3 people laid off within a year. That is almost half of the employees. Do not expect to stay here for very long, as it seems to be a temporary occupation for most. -Conspiracy theories about ex employees take up lots of energy and time. -Always blaming employees and never regarding any personal fault on the employers end. -Plenty of favoritism for certain employees. -Interpersonal issues with management that are incredibly unprofessional and anxiety inducing for most people who I have worked with. -Very hard to navigate or understand what tasks are, because there are no given tasks. -Management seems confused and is difficult to understand. -Passive aggressive remarks, talking behind employees backs, threats to revoke vacation. -Expectations are to produce things daily, but no tasks are given which creates stress on employees to make things up when there are no real tasks even given. -Management blaming ex employees for most issue within company and discusses it with current employees, which is unprofessional and makes it clear that all blame is always external. -The atmosphere when management enters the workplace is extremely tense, anxious, and tends to be demeaning.

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4.0
May 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Great NRC office located at UBC -The team members are very supportive. They tried their best to give me all the information I may need, what kind of work style I should expect etc. -I get to learn more programming languages while working.

Cons

-There is no team leader and projects are ran separately from one another. -UBC is kinda far to drive to...... T_T

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