A company stuck in the past. - Anonymous employee Beamdog Employee Review

2.0
17 Nov 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Junior staff, eager to be in the games industry. -Little crunch, good work/life balance

Cons

-Very political -Owners are often in conflict with each other -Nothing original, port studio for old games. -Poor pay -No bonuses

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2.0
9 June 2025
Anonymous freelancer
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Pros

Seemed like really passionate, very welcoming people.

Cons

I was brought on as contract QA tester for their IE games. In the span of a few months we went from having 15-20 minute QA meetings once a week, with updates about company plans, down to 5 minutes a month. Myself and most of the people brought on from the modding community were ghosted for like a year about whether we would have a future. Like they didn't tell us anything but kept our access to internal chats. We were increasingly treated like we couldn't be trusted (despite having worked on much more high profile projects like Siege of Dragonspear). and the QA manager at that time never was open with us. Also the pay sucked. It was basically just barely better than minimum wage. Also I was excluded on the credits for Axis and Allies (not even a special thanks) despite working on it.

3.0
30 Apr 2025
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Pros

Great friendly environment Great vacation allocation

Cons

Low Pay Lack of communication Randomly terminates employment with no reasoning

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