Magnopus Reviews

-Company leadership isn't very good, and they totally wasted a very talented team of artists. Magnopus suffers from mismanagement of projects, and does not understand what an art pipeline is. If you are an artist you are expect to do more technical or generalist work rather than what you were hired for. There are/were some great people to work with there, but sadly looks like most if not all have moved on. -A former employee would often take credit from employees below them, and actively sabotaged work on projects. Another employee would brag about not doing certain parts of job and expecting others to clean up after them. -There are no internal deadlines and everyone in the front of the pipeline eats up all the time which leaves the later half to scramble and work unpaid overtime to get projects done. -I was lied to during the interviewing process. I worked there for over 2 years and never got a performance review, or a raise. The CEO also said that they pay everyone within a 1% difference of the same job title. I was paid nearly 25% less than people in my same position. -When I put in my 2 week notice. It was the first time a higher manager had talked to me in over a year. They than proceeded to tell me how they were worried and afraid that these other employees would leave. Seemingly not even caring that I myself was leaving. -Nepotism isn't unheard of here. People were often chosen for higher positions even though they didn't know what they were doing. -Higher ups try to say they give people the proper attention and focus to cater to their skills, but they don't do that at all. I.E. Studio management didn't really talk to me for over a year which I heard among other employees that was the same case for them, too. If you're hired as an artist you'll more than likely be doing “Tech Art” or “Generalist” work. -All in all I think the thing that makes me the most sad is how some of the employees were treated. Some were the nicest, easiest to get along with, hard working, and talented people I got to work with. Unfortunately they were brought down, dismissed, or left the company due to leadership not listening or mistreating them.

- Leadership cares, but needs to acknowledge the inner circle that has formed as the company has grown. There are high ups in design and engineering who act unprofessionally to people below them. These people need to understand what is and is not okay when they reach that level at a company. Do they have any oversight? Have they had any leadership training or did they just move up because they served the company well? Tenure is not good enough. Give them the tools to be more equitable leaders who can see past their own opinions and egos. Hold them accountable. - The CEO should not try to direct projects while also running the company. It adds far too much noise, detracts from the heavy lifting done by the rest of them, and is not as helpful as them being a great CEO (which they are). - Tons of micromanagement and thrashing from production and leads, who scramble to find solutions but often can hardly decide things amongst themselves. - The company is still figuring out what mobility looks like at its larger scale. Softer personalities seem to rarely win a the loudest person in the room is sometimes the only one that's heard. - All in all, I would recommend the company but with various caveats. If Magnopus addresses its growing pains, leadership and cultural improvements, it can be a great place to work.