Burnout is Inevitable - Anonymous employee IGN Entertainment Employee Review

Flexible work schedule, great coworkers

Over saturated, late payments, not a lot of work available

- Great content team - Name recognition grants access opportunities - A handful of supportive veterans who can still get things done

- New VP is behind the times and a bully to any staff that rank below him, especially women. - Management's first instinct to cut costs is always lay-offs, while investing in projects and acquisitions that only further strain workload - It's always "do more with less," not "what changes would actually allow more productivity?" - Morale is so low many long term staff openly talk about job hunting and two key people have left since new VP's appointment (and are yet to be replaced) - No clear plan for dealing with falling traffic or issues faced due to AI - Technical innovation focused anywhere but editorial