Proceed with Caution - Anonymous employee RocketWerkz Employee Review

2.0
2 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some great talent and personalities in the environment COO is well connected in the NZ gaming sector and genuinely advocates for the industry Good opportunity to learn how NOT to run a game development studio Location

Cons

Incompetent management and production environment Management appear incapable of understanding the needs of staff - and what's required of them as a manager CEO exhibits narcissistic and sociopathic tendencies to a concerning degree - to the point where he needs to be supervised almost permanently by his COO Low wages, even by industry standards Poor hiring strategies that lead to bottlenecks throughout production Brown nosing appears to go further than charisma, work ethic or ability Poor retention strategy seems to be deliberate to assist in reducing overheads between 'projects' Contract allows for short notice redundancy with no compensation should the CEO follow his already well known and documented modus operandi of selling proto-types - CEO highlights this by reminding staff everyone will be made redundant if necessary

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3.0
27 Feb 2026
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

- a lot of great and talented people to work with - pretty office - many cool projects - management has experience in the gaming industry - generous annual and sick leave which is very rare for a company to offer

Cons

- if you’re career driven, this place is not for you. - no other benefits like health or life insurance - salary is below industry standards

5.0
9 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

New technology and amazing people. Great salary

Cons

I still think some people don't work very hard and the company should come down on them harder

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