Pros
Before I start my review, I just wanted to point out that the Glassdoor rating for this company was a 2.8 before Skillz forced 15-20 manager level employees to write positive reviews. They weren't even smart enough to have the reviews written on different days (look at all the positive reviews on 2/22/10). Since then, the company has been asking all employees to write reviews (they are more spaced out now). Now onto the actual pros: Coworkers - The best part of Skillz is the people. You will bond over complaining about Skillz Compensation - The compensation has increased recently to be more aligned with Market value. It's still not worth it
Cons
Where to even start with the cons. There's so many I don't even know where to begin Horrible work life balance - Depends on the team, but often times you will be shamed or feel pressured to work more hours. Certain teams such as Product, you can expect to work a minimum of 50-60 hour weeks Extremely immature & incompetent upper management - The CEO is a petulant child that is holding the company back. If you get on his bad side for whatever reason, do not expect to last at the company for long. Upper management does not take constructive criticism well. The CEO will only like you if you heavily agree with him and praise him. They want puppets, not people. The main product (SDK) is in dire need of a complete re-design, but the CEO is against this idea because it is "his product". Zero transparency - One day, you may walk in and find out that your coworkers have been fired. Not only that, but often times the direct managers are not notified or even told why their employee was fired. Gambling product masked as "eSports" company - There is no eSports part of this company. It is a gambling company that preys on and targets lower income individuals. Relatively young employees - Skillz for the most part has only had success hiring fresh grads/interns that have not been in the industry for long to know any better. Retention rate - Horrible retention rate, roughly around 1 year or less average. Horrible management culture - Majority of middle management has only had the horrible upper management to learn from, fostering a toxic culture of micromanagement, blame from management, and gaslighting Completely useless "Town Hall Meetings" - Town Hall meetings were created in order to ask upper management questions and to increase transparency. These meetings are completely useless. Essentially an hour of upper management rambling on and on, spouting fluff without actually answering the questions. Some important issues have come up during this Town Hall, which were brushed off and never brought up again (things like female employees being talked over and disregarded during meetings). I could keep going on but won't. Bottom line is: do yourself a favor and stay far away from this company. Look at some of the older REAL reviews, and see how negative they are. It isn't a coincidence.