Iostudio Reviews

Where do I begin? Other posters are exactly right. It seems like a good place when they take you on a tour, but then you learn how things really work...or not work. I have no idea how these guys are staying in business. I agree with other posters on their assessment of leadership. There is none. Three clueless guys lucked out and own the company and have no idea how to run it...They even said so themselves during a class. They appointed 4 people to run the company who have very little experience. They are very threatened by knowledgeable people. You cannot speak up when things aren't going well or you are the next to go. They have one large contract but that will go away soon I am sure. They are trying the advertising route, but they don't know the first thing about advertising. Depending on which department you are in, you either have zero work to do or there are unreasonable demands placed on you from management to kiss up to the one client. That's what happens when you only have on spoon to feed you. They try to get more work and basically try for anything and everything...mostly project based work that is unreasonable and small stuff. Even if you are desperate for a job, do yourself a favor and do not work here. If I can steer away one person from this awful place, I have done my job.

iostudio is not a stable work environment. They have one very large client that pays most of the bills; this brings about the illusion of stability. If they were to lose said client, 90% of the employees would be cut, without question. iostudio forces something called "ioUniversity" down everyone's throat. You're forced to attend X amount of classes per semester and even take electives; just like college. The problem is, none of these classes actually relate to your job. Expect below market value for what you're worth, and expect iostudio to demand perfection. If you're not overly outgoing, positive, and upbeat, it won't matter how great you are at your job, iostudio seems to value in attitude alongside skill/performance; you can't have one without the other here. The worker-to-manager ratio is quite disproportionate. Expect to see a project manager for every 2-3 developers.