Good environment for someone starting in QA - Junior QA Engineer Playrix Employee Review

I work from the Yerevan office most days and it's been the right call for me as a junior. Being in the same room as more experienced QA engineers and the dev team has accelerated things in a way I don't think a fully remote setup would have. You overhear a debugging conversation, you ask a question at lunch, you watch how someone walks through reproducing a tricky bug. That kind of learning is hard to replicate over chat. The office itself is comfortable and well-lit, and the food situation is genuinely a perk: three meals a day in the office, properly cooked, varied menu, you don't end up running out for lunch unless you want to. The QA team is a good mix of seniors who have been in the industry for years and people closer to my level, so I never feel out of place asking what might sound like a basic question. Mentorship isn't a formal program with weekly check-ins, it's more that people take their time to actually answer when you reach out. Test management tooling is modern and well-maintained, the bug tracker is set up logically, and processes for regression and release testing are clearly documented. Salary is competitive for a junior position in this region, paid on schedule twice a month. Schedule is flexible enough that I can attend an evening class twice a week without it being an issue. Events are well thought through and there's a real variety. The Armenia gathering last year was one of the more memorable ones for me.