GAN Reviews

3.0

29% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)
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Dermot Smurfit

43% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

GAN has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GAN employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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69 reviews
2.0
21 Jan 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There's a flexible working practice with a generous remote working policy (we don't have to go into the office unless required). The salary is okay and the share scheme is decent plus there are some other perks during the year that are nice. Sweets and fruit provided in the London office as well as the odd lunch and the craic in the London office is decent when people are in.

Cons

If you want to work in product and do things the right way, GAN is definitely NOT the company for you. Senior Management have no clear strategy and appear to be lurching from decision to decision on a knee-jerk reaction basis, which is leaving a trail of destruction and collateral damage in its path. Two months ago they removed the Product director, which means there is now a lack of a product leader in a company that is/was meant to be product led. As a result day-to-day operations have got really messy and confusing and now further redundancies have been confirmed at a company that is meant to be on the up. It is a really cliquey workplace too and the work/life balance is crap, the Americans expect you to work late into the evening to accommodate their needs and threats of getting sacked are bandied about far too often.There's also a toxic blame culture and its the kind of company where those under-performing are always promoted/rewarded because they are friends with the right people or have managed to get senior management to buy into their BS.

1.0
20 Mar 2016

Could be a good company, but never will be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is a good atmosphere amongst team members. Pay was ok for junior/mid level full timers.

Cons

They are stuck in their ways when it comes to technology, and don't seem to realise that things move forwards. There's a right way and wrong way to approach software development, and the business encourages the short term hack solutions every time.. Which in the long run is a false economy and ensures even ancient codebases are having to be maintained years after game launches. Designers like to do their own thing and don't consider the technical implications of what they provide. They might hire you as perm for 3 months then fire you before your probation has finished, effectively using you like a contractor, when you're on their lower perm rate. Management don't have a clue.

2.0
29 Oct 2021

Messy and with no company values

Recommend
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Pros

- Great salaries - Flexible WFH policy

Cons

- No company values, resulting in people feeling free to be rude with each other - Messy and disorganised, almost no planning - focused only on making money, delivering average solutions which constantly break - people are workaholic, constantly connected - stressful environment

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