PlaySide Studios Reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)

46% positive business outlook

PlaySide Studios has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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51 reviews
1.0
24 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Decent pay if you know how to negotiate. -Remote work if you want it. -Some cool games to work on

Cons

There are a lot of cons but I will just hit the major ones. -I saw a lot of staff leave in a short period of time because of high burnout culture -Poor management that wastes a lot of resources still thinking like a start-up might be fixed in a year or so. -Going through a lot of growing pain higher around 100+ staff over a year. -Very low code quality. The standards of development are very low meaning you see some crazy bad stuff. -I think they were able to grow so fast because they burned out a lot of young talent to get there and a lot of that talent doesn't know better.

5.0
15 May 2023

Great company to work for!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Variety in projects Great leadership and staff Competitive pay

Cons

No cons at the moment!

2.0
16 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company obtains contracts to work on some high profile IP, however this is only due to the skills of the Exec Vice President, nothing more!

Cons

So called "leadership" is the main problem with this company, most lack experience yet end up in a director/shareholder role simply because they are chummy with the CEO, who by the way likes to big note himself about working at EA, reality check you were only a tester! It is almost like there is a pyramid scheme going on at this company were management, (who also hold majority shares), care mainly about the share price. These people tout 'enormous career opportunities' to regular staff when in fact it is only used as a tool to get personnel to work hard and deliver projects while leadership kickback in their utopia! Hard work is not rewarded, only a standout company name on your CV from a previous role! Candidates are just hired, skills and personality fit probes are totally non-existent. * Hypocritical leadership * Leadership are largely hands-off * Over worked & under staffed HR * Fragmented processes across projects & teams * Left wing staff most of which lack experience * Backstabbing * Lame duck COO

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