Dumpster Fire Seeking Jack Of All Trades
Pros
I think they really want to make things better. They pay a little better than the other big gaming tech companies, but that is not saying much. The core business seems to be doing well for now.
Cons
Product management VPs paid for us to get extensive product management training which made us all realize the VPs don't know product management. I don't know how they got their positions other than knowing the right people. I would often sit quietly and let my boss ramble on and on without letting him know that I knew he was talking out his backend. He would intimidate other employees by talking down to them and quiz them on things that really had no relevance to the task at hand. VPs and directors arranged a bad deal without my input and they all came to me completely freaking out when it did not go as planned. I had to argue with them to get them to admit they approved the deal, not me. I was looking for an exit 3 months after my hire date. That week they dropped three products on me to demo at G2E. I had to learn the third product on the fly, live at the show. I worked the entire week with barely a bathroom break, no lunch break, and no chance to see the rest of the show. Then they had the nerve to tell me I seemed overwhelmed. Wow, I wonder why? I was given three products to learn with little help. I became the technician, trainer, installer, IT, customer support, sales enablement, as well as product manager. During my 6 month review my boss told me that if I was the software expert on product #3 come next year, he would fire me. A month earlier he flew me to Chicago so I could become the software expert of that product. The contradiction boggled my mind. I was sent repeatedly to install a product that was sold to clients by sales people who failed to communicate that the product was still in pilot. I was crawling around in filth connecting giant machines while the field teams either did not show up or did not have basic computer knoweldge. Customers expected a perfectly working product because that is what sales lead them to think when they sold this product months before I was hired. Cue angry customers. Product management VPs paid for us to get extensive product management training which made us all realize the VPs don't know product management. I don't know how they got their positions other than knowing the right people. FinallI've never worked with a more humorless bunch of people in my life. Three months there and I was desperate to escape. I finally got my wish. Whew.
