Infinity Ward reviews about "bonus"

- Salaries are severely lagging behind the industry. Seems like they’re making improvements with new listing, but found significantly better pay elsewhere. Hard to recommend for experienced industry professionals. - Poorly shipped games resulted in lousy bonuses. - Hard stance on hybrid/onsite as of early 2023. Would like to return if they would meet my new compensation package, however it appears lack of remote work options means I will not be returning. - Bro culture at the top. I get it with the game that’s being made, but maybe take it down a notch?

Internal promotion is difficult. Borderline necessary overtime, especially when getting towards ship, some nights can go more than late. Slightly below pay for the industry, but still fair and can be made up for via bonuses. Communication internally can be hard across departments.

lower salary but sometimes good bonus

Very toxic leadership that relies on yelling, profanity, intimidation. The studio is run like a frat house, and you're either one of the boys club or you're not. Everything is about being bigger, louder, more badass. The bigger personalities lord over everyone else. Bonuses are dangled in front of you like carrots to keep you in line. Very definition of bro-culture.

- Tasks are assigned with aggressive deadlines without consulting an expert for an estimate and you're expected to finish them - Long hours with no overtime pay - Bonuses happen after shipping and you might find the long hours went unappreciated too late - More effective to leave the company for a promotion than stay - Some members of leadership can be toxic

Many of the leads/directors are extremely weak and have no desire to improve, and feedback from these leads is often nebulous and unhelpful. Work hours are grueling, work life balance is non existent, expectations are unrealistic and there is no support infrastructure to mitigate this. There are frequently scenarios in which leadership's inaction will require their team members to pick up the slack and work longer, harder hours to make up for it. Salaries are very low in comparison to the rest of the industry, particularly other LA based ones. Bonuses are decent, but will likely not make up for that salary gap. The studio is extremely clique driven, and individual success is entirely based on in-office politics and not the quality of one's work. Pat Kelly is the most toxic studio head I have ever and likely will ever work with.