Just one word - Don't - Game Development LILA Games Employee Review

1.0
29 Jun 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Meet talented Game Dev professionals with whom you can enjoy shared trauma. - Super ambitious project! Nobody knows how they are adding value though though, everyone is just throwing sh*t at a wall and hoping that something sticks. - Great marketing, makes the company look cool and modern whereas reality is a stark contrast . - Amazing benefits, founders think that providing you with a Macbook/PC (read as essential equipment) is the highest level of generosity for which you should be forever grateful, - Everyone is treated equally! Except of course, the founders who travel back to the US every 2 months and enjoy a 1 month vacation while the rest of the employees are forced to work weekends. - Cool office! They'll pay you so little (except if you're a dev) that the only place you can afford to spend time at is this amazing office.

Cons

- Indians are viewed as nothing but cheap labour. This is the largest problem which trickles down and subliminally affects all other aspects of the company. - Sexist outlook. Want to hire women just to portray a certain image. Multiple instances of subtle yet disgusting sexist comments. - Childish. Fragile egos. Insecurity stems from the fact that they are not equipped to build this "very ambitious project". - Toxic cant begin to describe the culture. Sick? Come to office. Burnt out? Come to office. Mental breakdown? Come to office while you are mocked behind closed doors. - I could go on and on but honestly if you read this review and still want to work here, there's not much more I can do to convince you otherwise.

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5.0
31 May 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun place to work that does not feel like work. Focused and dedicated founders that want you to be better and push you to be better in a great way. Friendly employees that are really good to work with. Productive and enjoyable both remote and in office. Working at Lila has greatly improved my skill. It has been a fun and excellent experience that I hope everyone in the gaming industry gets to experience!

Cons

Non off the top of my head. Maybe more chips in the snack area.

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1.0
3 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Get to work on multiple pipelines (cause requirement kept changing) - Cross team exploration - Colleagues (90% of them have been fired so not anymore)

Cons

- No respect towards people - CEO is racist - Overworked- 56hours a week- 6 days a week and wants to implement 9-9-6 (which has to be illegal) - HR manipulates market study to low blow you - Management is not mature with decision making, PMs are not from Game Development background- They call shots and call it "logical" - Efficiency=Speed and not number of hours spent in office, clearly proof of your game not launching - Wouldnt recommend anybody to work under such a CEO with no vision of growth and stability, CEO is a tyrannt and weirdly keeps saying "I'm going to torture you to success". - Company had mass lay off cause budget cut with no product to make money in hand - CCO and CTO left the company, its just CEO and his 3 PMs making it work, not nice people to work with either. (Havent played alot of games to make games) - Missed out on basic of pre-production of game and directly jumped to making a game with no proper Game Directory for 4years and then canned the game.

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