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1.0
21 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Up until April of 2019 this was a 2.8 company with a less than 50% CEO rating. Please read all the good reviews, they are all very junior people and here's the thing, if you have 0-3 years of work experience, no need for a work life balance, LOVE gaming and working late, this is a PERFECT job for you. And that is my only Pro, if you're young and don't know any better, Skillz is a good job that will give you perspective for the rest of your career.

Cons

If you have any work experience and know how you should be treated, you should run far from Skillz. I have 15+ years of experience and it's the worst company I've ever worked for. And the company is doing great, which makes it so strange. Andrew the CEO is terrible. Ask around if you don't believe me, but if you're going to work for him directly, do your due diligence, most don't make it 6-months. Ask them why they can't hire a head of HR. They have been trying but no one will take that job. Ask them why the executive turnover is out of this world crazy. I just counted and from when I started, Director+, 60% are gone. And it's been less than 2 years. Read all the good reviews from April 2019 and on, they all have the same tone of a young person excited about working. I can't emphasize this enough, if you have work experience, you need to look at reviews like mine and the others that are trying to help you not make a big mistake. I need to say it again, because it's so important. If you are going to work directly for Andrew or Casey, you need to really dig deep into your soul and see if you want that type of hell. Look for people on LinkedIn that are Director+ that have worked at Skillz and talk to them. Any of them. I'm 10000000000% positive you'll thank yourself for going through the effort. Do not think you can join and change things. Andrew and Casey have built an amazingly fast growing company that they love working at. They rule the company and are the most closed minded leaders I've ever worked for.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1: Great opportunity to build a real portfolio of creative work 2: Flexible with content ideas and lets you run with campaigns 3: Fast-paced environment keeps things interesting day to day 4; Good for learning multiple platforms and analytics tools

Cons

No cons as such. Depends on team to team and the leadership. I don’t face any issue with my KPI or expectations

2.0
4 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Free lunch - Nice office - Great health insurance - Good hours

Cons

- All the negative comments about the CEO are true - HR acts like they want to help but provide no assistance - No raises or bonuses in 2 years and current employees will most likely never get one as Skillz can not meet its goals and raises/bonuses are based on meeting those company wide goals - No support for player advocacy / trust and safety until the situation is at its worst. Have heard a recruiter refer to the team as "children" so team is not respected by the company as a whole. - The company used to be remote, but they have heavily pushed and forced RTO. When I left, I said in my exit interview that I was leaving for a remote role and was told rudely by the HR BP "Wow, people are so spoiled from COVID and remote work.", which I felt was an unnecessary comment from a HR professional. - High turnover - Not taken seriously when providing advice on product launches and the potential fraud that will be seen until it balloons to a point that VIPs take notice and request refunds in mass or users cheat and manage to take thousands in profit due to faults in new product launches and updates. - No job growth

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