GOG.com Reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

28% positive business outlook

GOG.com has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GOG.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

31 reviews
2.0
13 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Laid-back atmosphere (most of the time) * Lots of really cool people * No major budget blockers (equipment, software etc.)

Cons

* Ridiculous salaries. In many cases half of what you can realistically get in other companies on a similar position. * No real leaders, mentors, managers (apart from one person really). Nobody to look up to and learn from. * Not much clue about project planning and management. This leads to impossible deadlines, no clear product ownership, diffused responsibility, reduced product quality and unnecessary overtime. * Very outdated and irrelevant approach to online business. No proper data-mining, analysis, testing, metrics etc. If you'd have to do anything related to UX, BI, BA, performance marketing, marketing automation, behavioral retargeting etc. expect to enter a barren land. * Frightening lack of knowledge about situation and global trends in gaming and online businesses. * No vision. While the project is absolutely amazing and the potential is way beyond huge there is no strategy for the brand, product, innovation etc. and what's worse nobody realizes it is a problem for the business in the long term. * Your opinion doesn't really matter in the long run. If your idea or expertise reaches high enough level there's a huge chance it's gonna get shot down. * Some very toxic people at some very crucial positions. * For many people there is a path career ceiling arbitrary set up by their supervisors. If you're in a wrong spot your knowledge, experience and ability don't matter. * You are expected to crunch.

2.0
17 Oct 2017

Inmature company with no real leaders

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. A lot of good, creative, intelligent people who love games and try to do their work best despite difficulties coming from management and overall organization chaos 2. Laid back atmosphere

Cons

1. Management knows the best and they don't listen - when I started they said they want to hear my opinions, but then they didn't want to hear even constructive criticism. 2. Very toxic people on the highest levels who have emotional problems and can't properly communicate. 3. Unrealistic KPIs that just "needs to be done" and when they are not management tend to be passive aggressive. 4. No investment in people - don't want to invest in training or courses 5. Lack of business and marketing e-commerce know how - people who manage company are sales and IT people and know very little about modern e-commerce practices. 6. Troubles in communication between teams - because everybody is focused on pleasing top management 7. No place for test and learn and failures. No proper atmosphere to come up with really different ideas (of course management can do it, but no other people)

1.0
1 Sept 2021

Terrible work culture and and a depressing place to work in

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- it's still a gaming business, so you can close to the things you like - there is more laid-back atmosphere there and you can take your dog to the office - salary is not that bad - people in here are passionate gamers and are good to talk to

Cons

- you will always be considered as a worse category employee than CDP RED employees - no clear road of advancement, rules and role descriptions, no training and courses - the company does not want to invest money, take risks or learn - your ideas will be discouraged and you should just lay low, don't try too much, and do more stuff, cause others will look not that good - top management does follow how the e-commerce and gaming industry is changing and you will feel frozen in time when the competitors just act quickly and this company is still in limbo, constantly changing directions - treating an employee poorly: depending on which department you are in - you might not be able to move to another department and advance your career and they can downgrade your position or change your job title twice - this is by far the most disrespectful thing that I've ever seen in any company. - your work and projects do not matter at all - you might be asked to leave everything and do other things without any question about whether you would like to do it. And all you've already done will be thrown out the window - no clear strategy of growth and the top management is an obstacle, not a place where leaders create a vision, set up KPIs, and motivate others to execute it - the office is away from any shops or restaurants, you have to either have your own food with you or eat in the company's canteen

Viewing 1 - 3 of 31 Reviews

Glassdoor has 34 GOG.com reviews submitted anonymously by GOG.com employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if GOG.com is right for you.