Scientific Games Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Scientific Games for more than 10 years

Pros – Flextime is good
Salaries are higher than most

Cons – Lack of direction
Stale technology
Lack of work ethic by most
Raises are very week - The only way to get more money is to change jobs or when entering company

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in new talent from outside. Hiring within has thinned out the talent.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Scientific Games

Pros – Good pay
A few departments have solid leadership
Small company, good if thats your thing

Cons – Poor communication between anyone outside of your team, fair amount of duplicate work.
Poor PTO available to anyone under 5 years of service
Lack of focus, goals are short term and often forgotten
Many departments feel a lack of respect and no appreciaton for their work
Outdated work mentality and culture

Advice to Senior Management – Pick a solid goal and focus on it, dont get side tracked with things that arent relevant to the discussion. Loosen up on the 8-5 in your seat mentality.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Scientific Games

Pros – With over 4,900 employees, and loads of world-wide contracts, there is a lot of opportunity to move around and grow.

Cons – Current regime has lost touch with what made the company a well-respected leader. Being publically traded, the almighty dollar takes the front seat to anything else - period. Having their employees indicted or caught up in lottery scandals doesn't speak well for the current management style. The old regime never had any scandals, but they weren't publically traded either. Management is hard-edged.
Aquistions and mergers, along with more contracts spreads employees thin.
Employees are expected to do what is needed for the company first, regardless of personal consequences or hardships on family.
This is an example of a company that grew by leaps and bounds at the sacrifice of employees.
There is no return from the slippery slope of pleasing the shareholders.

Advice to Senior Management – Get more personal with your customers and your employees. Don't manage via fear tactics.
Become an advocate, not an enemy.

Current Employee – been working at Scientific Games

Pros – Good work / life balance

Cons – Poor communication among EEs. Every changing atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management – Get a plan and execute it! Communicate better overall instead of just when an upper level employee is introduced or someone in upper management resigns.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Scientific Games

Pros – Vacation time and paid holidays are numerous
Variable scheduling
Management is tolerant of a personal life
Good job if you are interested in learning

Cons – The pay is very low for the job
24/7 datacenter means a rotating shift
very few chances to advance in the company

Advice to Senior Management – Take charge of the employees, sometimes an employee just needs a kick in the butt to get the job done. There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Scientific Games

Pros – it was an okay job nothing too spectacular but had a lot of good benefits that came along with the job.

Cons – It was a headache dealing with the staff and management a few times. They just didnt get the idea of what we where supposed to accomplish.

Advice to Senior Management – get a life. and stop pusing your ideals on other people that make no sense. This is 2009 for peets sake.

Current Employee – been working at Scientific Games

Pros – compensation, ability to work with new technology - SG is very open to the use of developing technology. Although training is seldom part of the equation - it's normally "trial by fire".

Cons – benefits, lack of career path, very little internal promotion. Health insurance is not much better than zero health insurance - and just about as expensive. There are no defined career paths - and internal promotion is more a function of who, not what, you know. It's a constant struggle to make sure you are recognized and compensated fairly for what you do.

Advice to Senior Management – realize that employees are not just a commodity - better benefits, better internal communication. Stock price is not the only measure of our success.

Former Employee – worked at Scientific Games

Pros – One can learn alot through trial and error @ SG. Also you will gain experience with the cutting edge technology. Money is not a problem so you will be compensated for your work and given the tools to do an effective job. The work environment is very close knit and personable. You will develop life long friendships and relationships. The benefits are great and very competitive compared to other manufacturing facilities. Even with all of the drawbacks SG is a great place to work. The location is excellent. There is constant growth and the sky is the limit for future of this company.

Cons – The amount of commitment is excessive due to the lack of capable people to step up to the plate. The management and leadership qualities could use some work. There is alot office politics and fear tactics used to ensure that you get the job done. Alittle more professionalism and tact by the upper management team will attract a more professional and talented market.

Advice to Senior Management – Work on an effective succession plan to develop future leaders. Also think before you do things then you would not have to cover up all of the indiscretions later on.