Paizo Reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Lisa Stevens

53% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Paizo has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paizo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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16 reviews
1.0
26 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-you get to be admired by geeky nerds who are a small fan base for this badly designed tabletop game. -looks relatively okay on your resume

Cons

- very low pay. Design of character from scratch, pose, sketch to a finished detailed color is $150 only... Absolutely unacceptable for the size of this company and considering how much money it makes from their publishing. - because of such low pay, expectations for quality end up being low too. This makes the job easy but boring as hell. - poor to no art direction. I have worked as an outsourcing coordinator and lead artist before and what we did at my work was night and day compared to Paizos managers. - incompetent creative design director. No basic knowledge of art fundamentals. No feedback let alone drawovers or any notes. Rude and one worded email responses. - the worst communication in my professional career experience. I had to wait for the creative design director to reply to me for 2 weeks sometimes with multiple emails sent from my side to remind them i sent an email or a simple question. And after 2 weeks, even when they finally replied, they rarely answered my questions. - still waiting for my money. It's taking them forever to send money even though on the contracts it says they send money after 2 months from order due date. At first i got payments on time. Then as i kept working with them more everything went down the drain. My last payment i waited for 3 months to get it and had to remind them twice that im still missing it. Now its been almost 5 months and i still havent received my next due payment. I have contacted them on multiple occasions and have waited for a response for 2 weeks now.

2.0
27 July 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I had wonderful coworkers, they offered great medical benefits, I had a flexible schedule, there was ample parking, good location.

Cons

My experience with my manager was the main reason I left. I was not well supported, was belittled and dismissed often. Was not treated kindly or with respect, had unrealistic expectations placed on me and often cried while commuting home. Though, it is my understanding that this manager is no longer employed at Paizo.

2.0
10 Apr 2016

Paizo Illustrator Freelance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

the projects are easy. Very Basic

Cons

Very low rate salaries and incompetent art directors. Their art directors has a very small knowledge in illustration.

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