Pros
I couldn't find any pros at Skidos. My biggest reason of joining the company was to grow internally but the CEO does not have any vision whatsoever, neither for the product nor for his employees. He doesn't even understand what responsibilities are to be handled by someone designated at a particular role. You will find him favouring few employees over everyone else. The only pro you would have found was few professional people but sadly that is also not there now.
Cons
Before you jump on to the conclusion that this review is written by someone just to be ranting against the company. Let me tell you that this has been written after a long period of time and by someone who was actually involved in building up the team. I believe anyone joins a company for three major reasons- 1. Renowned Brand 2. High compensation or good benefits 3. Learning and growth within the organisation This company has none of them. It was found way back in 2013 but they still call themselves a startup, ever wondered why? Because there is no growth given to the product. People who actually presented and developed the idea are gone. Ask few questions at the time of interview: 1. What is the vision of the company? 2. How do they see their product in upcoming years? 3. What is the vision for the employees growth within the organisation? 4. What responsibilities you would be taking care of? This is really important because they would hire you and promise you a lot of things but eventually you would end up doing some lame tasks. 5. Another important question, you will not find any of the old employees working at Skidos. All of them have left. Don't believe me? Go to LinkedIn and find out yourself. Ask them why the CEO is unable to retain all of his old employees. Attitude problem? 6. Ask the interviewer, where is the team who actually laid the foundation of the product? Where is the team who developed the product to such a level? A COMPANY GETS GOOD NAME BY THE FACT THAT HOW MANY OLD (SKILL-FULL) EMPLOYEES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. I have added skilful because they may come up stating a few names but it's better not to comment on them. The funny part is the CTO of the company who does not have any domain knowledge whatsoever. He is having no experience in gaming and not even in the mobile but you will find a different kind of favouritism by the CEO towards the CTO. You will find that people with no or less experience have been given certain positions which is actually hilarious. The company may and I repeat "may" be okay for interns and you will find this situation within the organisation. There is absolutely no culture in the company. Anyone can shout on anyone and the CEO himself defends stating that this is human nature and things may happen. You will be asked to work in the late hours and during the weekend too. This shall also be included in your contract in the manner that you may need to devote extra time. Now there is no proper definition for it. If you are someone with no skills and desperate for a job and this company is for you. All you need to be is a bootlicker of the CTO, because there is a chain that is formed and if you break it, then you leave it. The company cannot even give a proper goodbye to their employees who were involved with them at the time when nobody wanted to join. Not even a decent farewell. Shame on them. I guess this should be enough to give an overview of the company. I leave the rest to the candidate's discretion.