People Can Fly Reviews

Most leads are very insecure. When they have a subordinate member of their team is who skilled and outspoken but needs direction - rather than provide that direction they will be very passive aggressive towards that person. It seems as though they think that person is going out of their way to challenge them, rather than trying to help them - unless that person actively chooses not to try and help them and says nothing. Which in turn only causes that person to get frustrated and start challenging them - retroactively confirming the leads insecurity. It's horrendously toxic for outspoken people, because you will be targeted by an insecure and unhelpful management if you dare to rock the boat to much, no matter how obviously well intentioned you are. And if you just keep quiet, you feel useless, nothing improves and you will get frustrated and bitter towards people who "cause conflict" by being outspoken. It's a catch 22. There are no pipelines. Lots of back room gossip. Project isn't very inspiring or original, and any attempt to try and elevate it above that will be met with a "it's not that sort of game" with no clarification as to "what sort of game" it is. Basically, take the normal game industry problems and crank them so high the dial snaps off and smacks you in the face out of spite.

If you are a U.S. expat to Warsaw, you're definitely left to figure things out by yourself. I initially signed a contract in the States but didn't get to pre-read any new contracts until after arriving. They waited to update my contracts after I arrived in Poland, all of which were in Polish, (Not all had translations). It felt a little bit like entrapment for this reason. 6 month reviews are not on time, and if you are just starting, expect that it will be over a year before you receive your first review.