Chilltime Reviews

3.9

67% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

Daniel Vila Boa

100% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
2.0
7 June 2017

Management lacks focus, humility

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Portuguese video game company In theory the product has(had) a lot of potential In theory there would be room for collaboration and insights influencing the product roadmap

Cons

Management is rather erratic, completely lacks focus and iterates too quickly before getting to any conclusive results about the decisions being made. Lack of transparency on most processes and unhealthy work environment. Work-life balance is awful as it is based on a 9-hour-long workday minimum. The least flexibility sometimes needed to address personal issues is frowned upon. It is asked a lot more from people than what is offered. There's a disparity between the values that are taught in the beginning and what is followed. Punitive environment versus "share your opinion" makes for one of the biggest disappointments.

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Chilltime Response
8y
Dear former colleague, we thank you for you taking the time to share your feedback. We are strong believers in a proactive and open environment where all team members can identify problems and provide solutions to improve our games, not only do we value it, but we also encourage it. It’s with this mindset that we built the Chillcubator (Chilltime Incubator), where anyone can share problems and solutions for our games that is openly accessible to all team members and discussed in the weekly Product meeting. A feature has resulted in hundreds of significant iterations and improvements over the past years. As an innovation company, that has built a game and business from zero, we have grown to understand how critical it is to pay attention to our customers and core metrics, if an important component of gameplay experience is showing poor performance/conversions, we know that we have to proactively build, measure and iterate until we reach the relevant milestones, this is what enabled us to build a bootstrapped company in such a tough industry. “Keep innovating - See what should have been done” is one of our three core values, already for some years. The Chilltime team has grown into a very healthy work environment, a place where great people have the opportunity to focus on building great games and also have such a friendly and harmonious environment. To the best of our ability, to keep this great environment, we hire for both for technical capabilities and cultural fit, we look for good people, kind people. I believe that this was a mutual learning experience for both, one we can both grow from and we wish you all the best in your future.
1.0
6 Feb 2017

More consistency.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Appealing office space 100% portuguese Video Game Company

Cons

Volatile management with a lack of focus in defining goals and keeping to them Constant shift in priorities makes it difficult to trace a real long-term path Lack of transparency when addressing employee-sensitive topics A bigger focus in talking about what to do over doing it

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Chilltime Response
8y
Dear former colleague, we thank you taking the time to share your feedback. As an innovation company that has built a bootstrapped product from zero, we understand how important it is to focus on our mid-term goals, but also ensure the versatility that is needed to ensure that our core metrics are at the desirable values. It’s for this reason that we define quantifiable milestones for each season (OKR’s) divided into small teams of 2/3 people, that allow us to focus on the bigger milestones, but also include smaller in-game core metrics that require continuous observation and iterations. One of our three core values, for some years now, is “Keep Innovating - see what should have been done”. In essence, we understand that results are achieved through iterations until the milestones are effectively met. I believe that this was a mutual learning experience for both, one we can both grow from and we wish you all the best in your future.
2.0
7 Jan 2017

Humbleness is a virtue

Anonymous employee
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Pros

One of the few game development companies in Portugal. Nice office.

Cons

Lack of software engineering expertise. Illusion of an open culture where all opinions matter. Constant shift of global goals. General lack of real management experience.

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Chilltime Response
8y
Dear former colleague, we thank you for you taking the time to share your feedback. We continuously adapt our software development to reality and dimension of the company, by improving on previous processes but also avoiding cumbersome development obstacles that can take a toll on our development capability. We believe that this has enabled us to focus on execution over bureaucracy, resulting in technically solid product, which has allowed us to build a national bootstrapped game company in very competitive industry. Although we aren’t able to implement every idea, both due to the lack of size of our team at the time and to avoid adding too much complexity to an already complex game, in truth, so many great core features in our games are product of the participation of proactive and creative team members at Chilltime. Features like an interactive map, battle systems, training missions, internal metrics are all a product of the suggestion and participation of our team members. I believe that this was a mutual learning experience for both, one we can both grow from and we wish you all the best in your future.
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