A downhill slide - Anonymous employee Riot Games Employee Review

1.0
Feb 2, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free food Clear passion throughout the company for the products and players Good benefits

Cons

Low competitive compensation Abysmal management from the middle up The worst HR team you'll ever work with Riot is struggling to find its place. There are some issues typical of growing pains like poor management and some bloated teams. The real issue is cultural. The bro culture is in full force but has begun to insulate itself in the shadow the #metoo movement. Lots of political maneuvering takes place, especially by low impact persons in power. There's also nowhere to go with your career at Riot. If you want to move up, you need to wait for someone to vacate a position because there just isn't any new business at Riot. Why? Complete paralysis in decision making. The current stable of games, the poor state of diversity, the lack of new products and sliding growth come down to paralysis in decision making.

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Cons

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