Incompetent management ruins innovation - Anonymous employee Starbreeze Ab Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very free range for creativity, you have a idea your leads will likely let you have a jab at it. Great and friendly people. Very nice & modern office & central location. Good utilities, modern PCs to work on. In combination with exciting projects with lots of potential & ambitious goals there's lots of room for ideas to grow and develop. Decent benefits.

Cons

Every other con written here is sadly accurate. "Crunch" might as well be the regular working hours with how often it is abused. The mantra "overworked and underpaid" rules strong, especially with seniors. Management is by far the most inept of any workplace I've been to before. Hybris and ignorance is causing talent to leave, and despite knowing why people leave nothing is being done to prevent it - management simply shrugs and moves on. Promises are made and broken frequently which destroys trust in producers. The structure is chaotic and communication is almost non-existent between teams which leads to massive problems.

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4.0
12 Jan 2018
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Pros

Very relaxed work environment and friendly people. Healthcare benefits after having worked 6 months.

Cons

At will employment, so I was let go for a not very specified reason despite being told I did good work and was very helpful.

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2.0
12 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits, mostly good work/life balance.

Cons

Management is jaw-droppingly inept. The people in charge have very little understanding of how games are designed and developed. They struck success with Payday, and now they think they can do no wrong. Rather than listening to the people they hire, they simply nod their heads and conveniently "forget" their employees suggestions. This will eventually get Starbreeze into big trouble.

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