Interesting fun industry, very cool opportunity - Software Engineer Skillz Employee Review

5.0
21 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Skillz led the industry in bringing mobile esports gaming to everyone. It is really an incredible opportunity. It’s fun, you’re working in very young industry and have the power to make a crazy amount of impact on that industry. Skillz is still poised to capture the majority of that industry over the next few years.

Cons

It’s a fast paced start up, which always leads to tough problems to solve on the technical side. It’s not an easy job, hard work is expected but that does mean you’ll often be working with incredible smart and talented people from all walks of life.

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5.0
16 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Learning new tech stack and career growth opportunities

Cons

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2.0
4 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Free lunch - Nice office - Great health insurance - Good hours

Cons

- All the negative comments about the CEO are true - HR acts like they want to help but provide no assistance - No raises or bonuses in 2 years and current employees will most likely never get one as Skillz can not meet its goals and raises/bonuses are based on meeting those company wide goals - No support for player advocacy / trust and safety until the situation is at its worst. Have heard a recruiter refer to the team as "children" so team is not respected by the company as a whole. - The company used to be remote, but they have heavily pushed and forced RTO. When I left, I said in my exit interview that I was leaving for a remote role and was told rudely by the HR BP "Wow, people are so spoiled from COVID and remote work.", which I felt was an unnecessary comment from a HR professional. - High turnover - Not taken seriously when providing advice on product launches and the potential fraud that will be seen until it balloons to a point that VIPs take notice and request refunds in mass or users cheat and manage to take thousands in profit due to faults in new product launches and updates. - No job growth

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