Kwalee Reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(155 total reviews)
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David Darling

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Kwalee has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 155 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kwalee employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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155 reviews
1.0
29 Jul 2023

Would not recommend to join, if you are not a fresher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Let me think before i can jot down my thoughts! -good company, only if you are working under one of the best and most supportive line managers. Else you must look out for the exit door asap. I was lucky to have the best supervisor in my entire professional career. And the best team till now. Kudos to them. -because of my line manager i had no issues with the holidays -company outings are also nice (not the departmental outings) Thats all i can think of when it comes to the pros

Cons

Now coming to the cons. I wish I could really write less but all thanks to the company’s management. -employee benefits: work from home, the management just removed that from one of the depertment, even when the entire company (other departments)can take them. Very nice . If you ask the HR that it was there in the job description, they would reply, thats outdated, was not updated.(then why bother hiring people?) -for special occasions if you take wfh for a day,you have to fill a ridiculous form stating that you have all equipment at home, enough light at home and you will work from another country or not ,then get it approved by head of HR and head of department. -in job description they say free snacks and fruit , and till now i am not sure how many times i have actually seen them in the pantry. Well they keep some. 🤗 20scnacks for 300 people. Sounds like a good ratio to me -infrastructure is sooo good that many people has got back pain while sitting 9/10hrs there -oh lets talk about bonus, when it comes to making the department toxic they would say we are a family but when it comes to bonus(fyi i am talking about year 2022), ah its not on their hand. Completely true! -just hire bunch of worthless people for cheap money and then mess with the good and actual hard working people. And feel proud to be able to do so. - reluctant to the actual employee reviews, just ignore when someone gets a very bad review and just hire those bad employees friends. Good way to expand your department - if you want to grow here just join as a junior qa and get some experience and some insults then pack your bag and leave(you might not be able to pack your bag, they will hand it over to you at the basement), in here they are not bothered about your experience or your previous company or your skills, they wont give you anything. And this company do the salary increment first and then do a banchmarking to see if the salary is upto the mark. Very funny but i hope they have some good plans. -If you are in India location, then you can see it well how you are underpaid, under appreciated and cant grow, because hardwork do not pay well here. -people like me, who worked for so long with the company, dont feel bad if you get fired when you put down your papers, because respect is something they removed from dictionary. -now the people management, the team can not manage 300 people here, wont tax amount deduction, takes forever to update an document or approve a form. My my they are the best. But not everyone here is bad, i have encountered a whole bunch of talented people, who are underappriciated but still doing their best and working as hard to make better games for Kwalee, and I really woould want the best for them. And i feel bad for the people who might or might not reply to this review knowing that all these are so true and laugh inside their brain think :what am I even doing. I still somehow liked this company because of my colleagues thats all. Cheers ❤️

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Kwalee Response
2y
Hello, thank you for taking the time to write a detailed review of your time working at Kwalee - it’s clear that you care about everyone you worked with and we appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

 We’re disappointed to hear that overall you had a very mixed experience. It’s great that you found the teams, team building activities and the support from your line manager to be positive. All your feedback about our benefits, development opportunities and support for everyone on our team, we’ll take on board. We acknowledge that while we’re committed to supporting our talent in every studio with the support and encouragement they need to thrive and progress in their career, there’s plenty more to focus our attention on improving. Thank you for your useful feedback and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you want to share more.
1.0
22 Nov 2022

Bunch of jokers sitting at the top

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good place for beginners and lunatics

Cons

No job stability, Misers and jokers are sitting at the top and this is virtually a family business of its founder as even his dog gets a slice of a good senior rank at this funny place, For others this guy applies hire and fire policy, Buy your own food - company won't give you any, relocate at your own expense - company won't do anything, this is a family business of David Darling and you will see all his family members as part of the management, overall a pathetic place and culture smacks of a small time shop selling groceries, David Darling's dictatorial approach and schemy nature is quite evident in all his decision making...

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Kwalee Response
3y
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review your experience at Kwalee. We’re disappointed that you didn’t feel positively about your work with us. We’re proud to be a family owned business - but we make sure that everyone fairly earns their place here. We have over 950m mobile game downloads, so we hope that our supportive and encouraging culture for staff in all roles has helped drive our success. That being said, we’ll take your feedback seriously so we can remain as vigilant as ever to make sure Kwalee is a great place to work.
1.0
10 Dec 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- No Pros at all

Cons

- People are being promoted and appreciated based on the art of boot-licking - Leaders are coming with zero experience of actual gaming background - If you're going from a gaming background then its not a good place to be at - If you're looking to grow, prepare yourself for boot-licking - If you're looking to learn, prepare yourself for self learning as there will be zero onboarding process aligned - If you're looking to upgrade your position by getting into firm, "Surprise Surprise" You will get nothing except of criticization. - Welcome to jungle with bunch of kids who are running the bench

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Kwalee Response
3y
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review Kwalee - we’re disappointed that you didn’t have a positive experience in your time working here. We’re proud to have a senior leadership team who have been hands-on programming games for their whole careers - it also gives us the drive to put fun gamemaking at the heart of what we do. We’re always keen to hear feedback to make sure that Kwalee is a supportive place for everyone to learn and grow in their career.
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