Pros
Good perks like (pre corona) all expenses paid week in Copenhagen, commuter, phone, fitness reimbursements, free lunch and snacks. Company overall is very communicative. Fully remote onboarding went off without a hitch, HR is very responsive and transparent about the Covid strategy. Public slack channels are full of people sharing their personal projects, weekend plans, etc. My team is already across timezones with 12 hour differences and there has been no hitches. I think being a global team before the pandemic made the transition easy. Workload is very manageable, but this feels team dependent. I’m fairly new still but my team spearheads a large initiative spanning all of the company and time zones and yet Ive never been pushed to working more than 40 hours a week. I have a great manager who will push back deadlines for us and manages upper management expectations. I’ve helped out on other projects which the teams seemed under a lot more stress due to disorganized management, but I have not been exposed to a lot of teams
Cons
Offers are slightly less competitive than the market. I think they rely on the cachet of working in the games industry to have people overlook mediocre pay structure. The perks like healthcare, gym reimbursement etc are actually very good, but they will hem and haw about signing bonuses, pay bumps, etc. There is no annual cash bonus. They do refresh RSUs for certain positions but it’s hard to tell their value until the IPO happens. The sentiment I’ve heard is that it’s hard to advance your compensation unless you get promoted. Some teams are plagued with disorganization and poor leadership. My team is very good because my manager is on top of communication and setting expectations, but I know teams where no one knows what the product requirements are, or even when deadlines are, because their manager is not explicit in either so they are scrambling to gather their information themselves. IMO it’s no worse than a lot of companies and startups ive been in, but I definitely sense how frustrated they are and it can kill morale. Good news is that the manager was disciplined so it seems like the company takes it seriously.
