KIXEYE Reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(213 total reviews)

Colin How

49% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

KIXEYE has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 213 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KIXEYE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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213 reviews
1.0
23 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Good drinks (pretty much everything) * Beautiful views from the office * Very close to BART * Lots of swag...

Cons

* Kixeye does not know how to make games. They got lucky with a couple clones early on, but since then have not figured out how to make anything even partially original, fun, or lucrative. * The executive team is very arrogant, and spread a culture of fear and intimidation. * There is no movement-- i.e. you will have an extremely hard time getting promoted. Attrition is much higher than anywhere I've ever worked, so when you prove yourself to one manager, chances are he will be fired and you will need to start over. * The engineering team is subpar. There are very few talented engineers there, and the least talented seem to be in leadership. * The culture is excessively juvenile. Basically a frat house. I can't even imaging being a woman in that kind of environment. * I have worked here for over three years, hundreds of engineers, yet only 1 female engineer. * Compensation is kindof a joke. Stock options aren't really a thing. They lure people in with the promise of bonuses but haven't actually paid bonuses out in years.

1.0
3 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decently stocked kitchen. Nice view if you sit near windows.

Cons

Management has no idea what they are doing. Long hours and impossible schedules, more so than any other game company I have worked at. Consistent layoffs. Poor project planning. Toxic work culture.

1.0
25 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free gym membership. Close proximity to a wide variety of mediocre lunch options (plus a decent curry shop and a Curry Up Now truck). Pays well which is great for those who are entering the industry and not yet worried so much about career advancement (but Kixeye is not well-regarded in the games industry at large so having it on your resume may or may not reap many benefits).

Cons

Just a few cons: ** Incompetent management, clueless leads of all disciplines. Poor scheduling, poor prioritization, poor follow-through. Peter Principle fully at work. ** Poor handling of non-junior employees. The junior employees aren't handled well either, but they tend to be too excited to realize. Personnel shuttled between projects indiscriminately due to poor planning. ** Soulless, un-fun projects designed specifically to make money off of suckers who think they are playing "hardcore" games. The one game that managed to almost make it out the door with real, well-designed gameplay was delayed in order to add player-abusing monetization to it, and when they couldn't figure it out before blowing through more budget, the project was shuttered. ** Even the snacks suck. ** The proof is in the pudding: no less than 5 active projects when I was there, all cancelled now without ever seeing the light of day (or at the most, very limited release before cancellation).

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