Started good, but went downhill - Software Engineer PLAYSTUDIOS Employee Review

2.0
24 May 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Non-managers on the team are all great to work with; hardworking, good communication, and knowledgeable. We get goodies once a month, which is nice.

Cons

Release schedule has not been adjusted despite losing 15+ developers since in the last year (only ~4 have been hired to compensate), leading to lots of overtime and rushed work. Mid-management is a grab-bag of skill ranging from uninspiringly capable to morale-crushingly incompetent. Don't bother hoping for this to change, though, since they're mostly family and friends of family. New features are underdeveloped due to incomplete designs (see previous point) and buggy upon release due to understaffed QA working on hyper-accelerated cycles. The company is stingy about pay raises. Any question regarding them is handled by management ignoring it and hoping you forget about it. There's a push for outsourcing art, engineering, and QA. You can't spin hiring cheaper overseas replacements as a good thing for the dev team.

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PLAYSTUDIOS Response
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Thank you for providing your feedback. Since you appear to be an active employee, I would appreciate the opportunity for a conversation with you to discuss your thoughts in more detail and to hear your recommendations. We have action plans to tackle areas of improvement raised during the playMAKER Retreat that I can share with you. Feel free to connect with me via email or slack to schedule a time that works for you.

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