A waste of human and technological potential. - Anonymous employee Spil Games Employee Review

1.0
23 Apr 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The non-managers are really good and skilled. Some of the best engineers I have ever worked with, seriously. The lunches are good, the facilities (laptops, phones) are good and Office IT does a very good job. The hacking culture is good and there's a lot of freedom for experimenting new technologies.

Cons

The offices are cramped with people (while other areas are semi-abandoned); there's a culture of fear and control (you MUST be in the office from 9 to 6 or 7, don't even talk about remote work or working from home). Promotions are non-existent, pay rises ridiculous. They'll happily keep you on a 6-months contracts because they never believe in people, then they act surprised if you leave the company. Salaries are below market average (about 3K for an entry engineering position); the evaluations are based on hearsay and the whole ship is sinking (but they don't care; Spil Games makes money even without people) but everyone's happily polishing the brass on the Titanic.

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2.0
30 Mar 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very laid back, everything is done really slow (this is a pro for foreign people if you want to retire) Great location just outside of Amsterdam Good support for foreigners

Cons

Zero games knowledge. People are not passionate about games Reputation of cloning, building uninspired games, based on "proven concepts". End result is always a compromise. Failing is never ok. Taking risks is never ok. Sitting in meetings 8 hours per day is. Extreme politics are a daily chore. 10,000 people companies don't have this much politics.

10
1.0
9 Jul 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Work life balance (most would leave at 5pm - and no one works on weekends).

Cons

-Completely idiotic management / clueless about direction -Most VP's are 'robots' and trying too hard to hold onto their jobs

10
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