IO Interactive A / S Reviews

Where to start? Pay - under market value (masked as the "sacrifice" you make to work in "such a great company" Promotion - everyone is a "junior" - especially all the women are "junior" - doesn't matter if you come in with 3, 5+ years of experience- you start off as a junior "for the opportunity to work for this amazing company" - they told me I would be hired to build a team, then I found out after I started that my internal title was actually "junior" - when I came from a senior position at my former work place - they just snuck it in there Atmosphere and work environment- they want to be triple A but the reality is they don't have the internal structure to be that - zero processes put in place, micromanagement, bullying, egos about the grateness of IO - and when you actually look at how they are structured internally it's shocking. working on equipment that isn't meant for gaming - poor quality. internal tracking and communication is a joke - no proper channels, no access to tracking tools - I really have no idea how they've made it so far - but I guess Hitman was the lucky break. Overall it seams that management is constructed on the "bro code" - the company is very much like a fraternity - you see women in their promo materials but in reality women are very much a minority (and of course the ones who are there are either "junior" or in HR, finance or office management) in all the meetings I've participated I've heard a woman's voice once - and overall it was my experience that this was a BRO company. Advice - run away. They have good rectuiters and good PR and they lie very well but once you're there, you're garbage. Don't get fooled by the alure and prospects of this "IO magic" - its all smoke, no substance.

Before you will join, ask about the turnover rate. Think twice before you will join. Check on linkedin how many people have joined recently and left right away. Ask them why. - rock bottom morale - silence culture - "rock and roll" production approach - no leadership, no processes, no structures, no pipelines. chaos - AAA ego and ambition followed by very poor leadership and management skills - violent communication in the game management team, known and accepted by the company management - common cases of management being mentally abusive - not discreet HR, also not helpful at all - lack of transparent career paths - common backstabbing - no post mortems, no reflection on the past mistakes - women commonly face sexism, mansplaining, lack of basic respect - lack of fun factor in making games