Pros
- Relaxed atmosphere. I never have to stress about deadlines or get put under pressure. - Beautiful location. - Friendly team members. - Provided Healthcare package. - Mountains and weather are wonderful here.
Cons
- Incredibly frustrating if you're genuinely passionate about games. Feedback is ignored unless you're at the top of the foodchain and in the lead studio. - The location is quite unwelcoming to english speakers. For my first 5-6 weeks I was just on my own and ignored. I felt like I was outside of the cliques. Now I have plently of true friends on the team and I love coming in. - The salary increases are around 3-4% per year, for juniors this equated to an extra €40 or so a month. For people higher up it add up to much much more. Some people get around 8% and there's no transparency or communication why you got a low percent or high percent. It's just decided by HR and you get what you're given. - Only around 10% of people outside of the studio speak english, maybe less. This is doubly for businesses. Get used to having a french friend having to represent you if you ever need to deal with stuff. - You're forced to change studio if you want to progress. - You're going to be stressed as hell for 18 months while you wait to find out if they will renew you for a CDI contract. Most people after 18 months are just let go.