Pros
- Great office location (right in the centre of Wilmslow) - Competitive & flexible working hours, especially for the video game industry - Friendly, casual atmosphere - I got to work with some truly talented, creative, intelligent, likeable, idiosyncratic people - Challenging work...
Cons
- ...but only because things were allowed to spiral out-of-control so often - Reactive & impatient Senior Management - Chaotic and rushed project management, leading to a lot of unnecessary (and unpaid) overtime - Poor coordination and communication between teams - Remarkable short-sightedness demonstrated in the architecture of important systems - Poorly maintained and inefficient development pipeline, creating far more work than needed - Very poor coding standards - Over-reliance on "key" individuals