Unethical, dishonest, and apathetic towards employees.
Pros
Overall there were not many pros. Employees did care about the product, and as a big sports fan the product is amazing. Compensation was good too. Besides that, there is little to be excited about.
Cons
My time at Gametime was in a word, a nightmare. From the beginning they were dishonest, unethical, and showed a consistent pattern of treating employees poorly. A few highlights from my time. - They did not pay for relocation, which was fine because I never asked them to. But when I got to San Francisco, they were very reluctant to grant me time to apartment hunt or deal with normal moving issues even though they requested an accelerated start date. - They were not honest about my job responsibilities, leaving my title open ended. They said I would be able perform a number of job functions, but that was not the case. They placed me in a position I didn’t like, then let me go when I asked for different responsibilities. - They delayed and fought me over paying the bonus which I was contractually owed. When they did pay my bonus, they made me sign a new contract to lower the amount of future bonuses paid. They also reinterpreted the bonus clause in my contract to avoid paying me the full amount. - They wanted employees to stay past 6:30 p.m. every night despite their stated “flex hours” policy. They said this was to build a “startup culture." Staying late did not work well for my commute so I offered to come in earlier (even though I was usually the second person in the office every morning). They refused my offer just because they wanted to build a culture of people staying late. - They gave me a hard time about leaving early to celebrate religious holidays even though I gave them two weeks advance warning. They reasoned that it was a big month for them and they needed all hands on deck. - They actively told me to not recruit people with families because they did not work as hard or as long hours as single people. - I asked multiple times to be included in meetings and to be trained so I could do my job better, but my requests were repeatedly denied. The CEO and my manager consistently had one-on-one talks during which they instituted policy changes and ordered me to follow them, leaving me to play catch up. Overall Gametime has an amazing product that I know will succeed. But if they don’t change their ways or their corporate culture, they are going to keep losing more and more key people. I would warn anyone from joining Gametime because they are an unethical company that treats their employees poorly and does not value their effort.