Konami Gaming, Inc. Reviews

Pros

Competitive salary, good work / life balance, good benefits, Stability

Cons

Older technology, though a newer platform is on the horizon.

Advice to Management

Keep making positive changes.

Pros

Coworkers are decent but anyone with real skill levels doesn’t stay long.

Cons

Management doesn’t care and shows it, no learning opportunities or promotions. Would give negative stars if I could.

Advice to Management

Try talking to the people who work for you. You may find it works better to motivate rather than constantly criticize everyone.

Pros

Friendly coworkers, great support from team members, great HR, amazing environment, speedy resolve for any issues no matter how petty

Cons

As long as I have worked here there is nothing negative I can say about the company. Any issues have been too petty to recall and were addressed quickly and effortlessly.

Pros

Great ambiance Great benefits Great office space

Cons

Not diverse enough Need to review salary upwards Can provide more lunch options

Advice to Management

n/a

Pros

Dedicated staff, very community oriented. Sets their sights high at all times.

Cons

Bonuses tend to be cyclical by design, paying out target every other year. Management designs the structure like this deliberately, setting revenue goals so high that target is difficult to hit. They run a very lean organization, headcount is never added until well past the point of need and into the pain stage. Not as customer focused as they should be. Management is resistant to the notion that the customer drives...

Advice to Management

Listen to your customers, share the wealth outside of management a bit more, and be aware that aggressive growth targets require investment.

Pros

Paid on time, decent benefits

Cons

Micromanaged culture - not an environment for free thinkers.

Pros

Active and always ready to help HR team. Work-Life Balance. Friendly team members. Easy accessible Managers who are there to help. Employee reward culture...Yes it is there

Cons

Yet to find out any cons.

Advice to Management

Target customers from the other parts of the world too.

Pros

- Great co-workers. Very smart people that want to do good work and produce top quality products. - Managers and Directors are very accessible and generally very fair. - The benefits are very generous. I can say that this is one thing that Konami really cares about. They work hard to continue to find good medical coverage at reasonable rates. The 401K match is *incredibly* good.

Cons

From an engineers perspective this company suffers from a few serious issues. 1. Communication disconnect between lower level management and the C level executives. Engineers have been warning direct managers and directors of the need to refactor/re-write software that is vital to the systems group for over 10 years. This software has become *completely* unstable, non-maintainable to the point that engineers...

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees. The rank and file employees have a real good sense of what needs to happen for Konami to truly succeed. PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM. And don't even think about brushing this review aside as the ramblings of a "disgruntled" employee. I actively cared for and tried to affect positive change for nearly 8 years! Talk to your remaining engineers. If they are honest they will tell the same thing!