Great for experience/resume building, don't stay for long if you want to have a life - Sound Designer dSonic Employee Review

- You will get to work on a big game or two. Yay Explosions.

Absolutely everything else. The people who run this company have absolutely ZERO respect for their employees. They are cheap beyond reason. Want to work for dSOnic? Get used to plastic desks, outdated computers, working with headphones for 8 hours a day, horrible software, strict 8am start times. Oh also, unlivable wages, no benefits, no hope for a raise, no hope for promotion, just you at a desk churning out sounds for almost free forever. Also being sent home without pay for a sniffle... Did I mention you'll be doing sounds design with headphones for 8 hours a day? For $ The only reason this company continues to exist is because of it's close proximity to Berklee and other schools. They survive by farming interns and turning them into contract workers and booting them if they show any discontent at all. Don't like $10 an hour? Well there's 20 kids about to graduate who will do anything to get a job relating to audio, so suck it. No, dSonic. YOU suck it.

Opportunity to work on great games and build your resume.

One HR rep I know calls it an Audio Sweatshop. Horrible pay, cramped office where everyone is in headphones all day. Very strict, start at 8am, if you are a minute late you will be questioned in front of entire staff. No phone or contact with the outside world allowed. No talking to coworkers unless necessary to complete task. There are no benefits, pay is abysmal, no paid time off. If you are sick even a little bit you will be sent home for the rest of the week, unpaid of course. No bonus, even when it is promised. No raises, you'll take your $10/hr and like it. Cheapest people I have ever met, the software and hardware are outdated and not appropriate for the type of work being done. Free software is often used, such as Audacity for audio editing. Are you kidding me???