Still Going Strong, Management Challenges Growing - Director of Engineering Riot Games Employee Review

4.0
Dec 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Continues to be a place with strong cultural identity with a huge amount of energy and camaraderie. Experimentation is still embraced in spite of growth and this is leading to novel organizational structures that are already paying dividends. This kind of agility at this scale is still something Riot should be very, very proud of.

Cons

We still have isolated pockets of leadership that are overstretched, undertrained and wearing too many hats (acting as bosses). Though rare, when things go wrong for the Rioters these leaders support, they really go awry. It's likely our biggest point of improvement.

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Cons

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Pros

Great benefits, pays well, can work on some very interesting problems.

Cons

Work hours are from 10-7 and hardly anyone actually works that, so stuff can move at a snail pace. Getting help from central teams can be painful, especially if they're way off hours. Some of the culture can get a bit overwhelming too and you can end up feeling pretty lonely if you don't drink the koolaid.

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