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Full-timePart-timeI worked at Fuel Industries full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Good people
Lots of smart people
Interesting work
Good location
Cons
Management does not know what their doing
Poor decisions led to massive layoffs
Lots of power struggle
Advice to Management
Clean up the dead weight, figure out a game plan and stop wasting money on stuff that doesn't go anywhere.
I worked at Fuel Industries full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
In it's early days, Fuel was a fantastic place to work. Always inspiring, full of amazingly talented people. The coolest clients such as Vans, HBO and Mattel. Formoer leadership were global influencers.
Cons
New ownership forced out talented folks so I can't speak on it's current status.
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I worked at Fuel Industries full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Worked on some of the most amazing jobs of my career, and made life long friends with the people I worked with. It had so much potential. For all it's faults (which it had many) it was still home to a lot of talented people.
Cons
Unfortunately that amazing creative place is long gone. Fuel Inc went bankrupt in August and they changed the name to Fuel LTD in order to skirt some shady bankruptcy loophole so not to pay out any of the employees what they were owed.
In the end, you're just gonna be treated as dispensable.
Advice to Management
They should of done things the right way, instead of the easy way.
I worked at Fuel Industries full-time
Pros
We made some cool sites and games! Had some amazing times.
Cons
Work life balance didn't really pan out so well.
Advice to Management
Godspeed!
I have been working at Fuel Industries full-time
Pros
Amazing talent. People who are hired are the best in their field. Very nice building with lots of room. Well decorated.
Cons
No direction. Little pay. Unrewarded overtime. It's a revolving door company. Amazing how many people get through one project and just move on.
Advice to Management
Stop putting so many management resources on every single project, it's excessive up to the point where everyone is stepping on everyone else's feet and nothing gets done. Usually more management than the people building the actual project.
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I worked at Fuel Industries full-time
Pros
- Get to work with top brands
- Teammates who create the work are fantastic
Cons
- Executives are delusional
- Executives do not value the employees who do the hard work
- Money is wasted like it holds no value
- Executives forgot the hard work put in by employees very quickly
Advice to Management
Quit
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I worked at Fuel Industries full-time
Pros
The location is great, and you work with some really smart people.
Cons
Poor management of the pipeline, sometimes DevOps difficult to deal with
Advice to Management
Get a better hold of pipeline and deadlines
I worked at Fuel Industries (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great people!
Get to work with some really big companies.
Cons
No transparency
Communication from the executive is non-existant
There is no clear path for the company
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I have been working at Fuel Industries full-time
Pros
You will get to work with multiple brands and different types of projects (if lucky)
Cons
People work to please management, and not to do a good quality work., low salaries, people don't have a clue of what they are doing, designers don't know anything about code, developers don't know anything about design, managers and product managers think they are gods and bad work-life balance.
Advice to Management
A manager should also worry about stress level, good quality work, is enough time to complete a task, how is your current job? Don't make people feel guilty for taking sick days, or going on vacation.
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Pros
Young, fun, dynamic group of talented artists and developers, who all worked very well together.
Cons
It's the same theme as other reviews - poor management, lack of guidance and stability. People would work for hours and hours of unpaid overtime and then management would throw a beer and chips party and say "thanks" and then do it all over again. More unpaid overtime hours - no, promotions, no raises, etc. Projects were scheduled and budgeted for assumed unpaid overtime. Fuel believes themselves to be a "fun" company and therefor don't have to pay market value. Employees still working there should just look elsewhere. They'll make more money and feel much more valued.
Advice to Management
It's hard to manage a good productive company. This is a group of guys that "made it" and felt success and then never took the right measures to maintain that success and hold onto talent. This is showing in their continued loss of clients and talent. Just being "hip and cool" doesn't last. Grow up and be responsible for your employees' careers.
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