Wonderful teammates and IC's can't make up for toxic management practices - Anonymous employee Rockstar Games Employee Review

2.0
14 Sept 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work at one of the highest-regarded AAA studios in the world - Strong bonds (unfortunately forged through trauma) with great teammates and ICs - Fun office environment, social events, work perks - In good years, the bonus was fantastic - You're building the most anticipated franchise sequel in the world

Cons

- In bad years, the bonus is low can't make up for low base salaries - Lots of red tape/silo-ing/secrecy between teams - Very top down - little-to-no autonomy for middle management - Expectation of little-to-no work-life balance + 5 days/week in office with minimal flexibility - Promotions are often based on time in role and deals made with leadership rather than performance - this is not a place for career growth. - Bro culture is alive and well here - Never saw the CEO or executive leadership once in over 2 years. CEO or executive leadership never addressed the company in over 2 years of working there.

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5.0
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Pros

Innovation and technology is the best

Cons

Hectic days and crunching is bad

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2.0
26 June 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-The main pros of working here are there are many talented folks who are passionate about what they do. -Free lunch and work events were always pretty fun - A once in a lifetime opportunity to work on the biggest games of all time.

Cons

Rockstar takes advantage of the passionate people they have working for them. They use the brand as an excuse to not treat their employees with any dignity or respect. It's also worth mentioning that microagressions and misogyny is a bigger problem than what's being reported here. There were many times where I felt like my voice wasn't heard because of it. Leadership is also a the source of a lot of friction. Many of them are out of touch and let people who have worked their for a long time get away with abusing their direct reports and other lower on the totum pole colleagues. There are people who work here that have been reportedly for unprofessional behavior multiple times but don't receive any serious pushback from leadership. It's a very cliquey, fear based environment masked behind a fake sense of a forward thinking company. There's a lot of information withheld from people who are directly impacted by it, which eventually caused me to mistrust the company and leadership. I have mixed feelings because I enjoyed working on the games and there are many talent people who are being held back by a company that refuses to think differently.

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