Does Nintendo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Nintendo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Nintendo. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Nintendo?

91% of Nintendo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Nintendo 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Nintendo?

Brand Ambassador (9) , Junior Software Engineer (8) , Software Engineer (7) , Bilingual Customer Service Representative (2) , Customer Service Representative (2) , Graphic Designer (2) , Key Account Manager (2) , Project Manager (2) , Service Technician (2) , Software Developer (2) , Software Engineer(Internship) (2)

What are the pros of working at Nintendo according to real employee reviews?

"Nice people." ((in 7 reviews)); "The benefits as well as the pay." ((in 7 reviews)); "The pay was decent for the job." ((in 4 reviews)); "Amazing coworkers and team, talking with consumers is always loads of fun! Always something new and interesting to learn everyday." ((in 3 reviews)); "Definitely learned a lot during my time there" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Nintendo according to real employee reviews?

"Awful Management" ((in 9 reviews)); "Managers are inconsistent and usually not on the same page." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Nintendo redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Nintendo redundancy and their outlook for job security at Nintendo in 2026.

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4.1

91% would recommend to a friend

(97 total reviews)

Shuntaro Furukawa

99% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture and values

3.9

Diversity and inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

Nintendo has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 97 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Nintendo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

97 reviews

2.0

2 Jan 2014

Not all fun and games at Nintendo of America

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good cafe. Decent food and subsidized green arrow meals daily at $3.15 Playful environment with athletics and soccer field. Used to make great video games.

Cons

Japanese company, all decisions made by NCL. No room for growth. Company slow to respond to ideas and trends. NOA can easily be compared to both Xeroz and Kodak. Management is good old boys network and have to kiss up to get promoted or know Japanese. Slow to accept new ideas or try new techniques. Pay is low and work encourages employees to try and do more with less resources. Soon I just do less with less resources. Not tech savvy company and they are behind curve in innovation. (project galaxy?? ) Star system Associate employees are treated as Permatemps. (some associates have been w/company over 7+ years and not offered full time jobs) Stock/profit sharing only for management and above. Don't promote from within.

2.0

10 June 2018

Administative Role

Administrative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Excellent Benefits, Work Life Balance, bonuses

Cons

Lack of promoting from within, lack of transparency, discriminatory pay & bonuses, blatant favoritism, ageism, cronyism is rapant. You will never get full bonus or large increase in pay unless you are a top performer. They imply that you will - but trust me, you won't.

5.0

4 Oct 2014

Good work life balance but most employees work till late.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

All employees are brilliant and serious hard workers.You can enjoy working with them and get stimulated by them. You can work hard as you like except crunch time. If you want to go to home for your private life, you can go home at 5:30. If you want to work hard, you can work until 10 p.m. That depends on you. But most employees work till late for their responsibilities. Allowance for overtime work are all paid. There is no layoffs and If you fail in the business, you are not fired or moved to another department. Lifetime employment is assured.

Cons

No flexible-hours. No job training.You have to consider your career yourself and train yourself on your own.

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