International Game Technology Reviews

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Many different areas to work
Decent benefits and salary
Always new things to work on and learn
Working towards standardization of processes

Cons – Constant restructuring that invalidates years of hard work when suddenly under a new boss
Higher value given to theoretical external hires than knowledgeable people working at the company
Short staffed for number of projects and other work

Advice to Senior Management – Value some of your internal resources more highly than the next hire and hire more staff level people. The most talented leaders in the world cannot execute without someone to actually perform the tasks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than a year

Pros – Its a great company to work for. The managers are very co-operative to work with and we get a lot of opportunity to grow with learning new technologies.

Cons – Very little training opportunity. Need to be able to learn more through external training's.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Work/Life Balance
work hour flexible for salary pay employee

Cons – There is no ladder for real talented engineer. An Engineer III could have super better technical skill than staff or senior staff engineer. Engineer level is a joke

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at International Game Technology full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some very creative and hard working people, unfortunately they soon become disillusioned.
401k recently got a lot better.

Cons – Politics and self-serving senior management. Upper management comes from outside the industry and therefore will never admit they are lacking in that knowledge so keep employing more people from outside the industry. Meanwhile the good guys get annoyed, move and make IGT's competitors even stronger. The non-compete is crazy (and very cruel), but without it I doubt there would be any good guys left at IGT in Nevada. I'm not sure middle management is the problem as many people on Glassdoor do. The real issue is above those guys.

Advice to Senior Management – It is not possible to be 100% correct about everything you have ever done (see the recent proxy fight letters for proof Patti believes she is perfect). You can't fix the mistakes you have made until you admit you made mistakes.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Some very good people and even a handful of very good middle managers.
Work hours are reasonable if you work in the right department.
Some get free cowboys boots.

Cons – Shameless self-promoters fast tracked for promotion and recognition.
Poor, destructive employees retained and promoted, good employees quit, often to less paying jobs just to escape.
No peer reviews to filter out above.
Obscene non-compete agreement strangles career opportunities for individual contributors.
Long standing employees fired and then told to sign 1 year non-compete or not receive severance pittance.
Executive management does not walk the talk.
Executive hypocrisy - 2% cap on raises across the board, while CEO buys new GulfStream jet and uses it for personal trips.
No golden parachutes for individual contributors.
And on and on ... more to come in comments section.

Advice to Senior Management – Title says it all.
Lead by example.
Walk the talk and show us you have the courage to change.
Get jobs at Taco Bell, you already know someone who can get you in.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at International Game Technology full-time

Pros – There are a few good people left after the scorched earth removal of most that knew the industry and game development. It would be considered a fun industry by some (not me).

Cons – Employees moral is low. They have lost many of their prime game developers. The executive management, especially, and some of middle management is very poor. There is little loyalty to employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Resign.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – USED to be a great place to work. Still a lot of good people here because they can't go anywhere else due to a non-compete they signed years ago that was never explained to them.

Cons – I accepted some stock options years ago. At the time, my manager never explained to me that by accepting these options, I was signing a one year non-compete. I actually heard about the non-compete years later.

The options are completely worthless, and I haven't had a raise or bonus in 5 years. I have no future in this company and can't leave because of these worthless, silly stock options.

Patty Hart had made a public comment; confirmed by HR; that anyone who felt they were treated like a "battered wife" (her quote), could leave the company with their noncompete waived.

A friend of mine approached HR to test the water and was told "NO".

Another LIE by Patty.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire Patty Hart

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at International Game Technology full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – There are some great people working at IGT, at interactive we have all the right ideas, some very smart coworkers. Good work life balance here, no crazy hours other than emergencies.

Cons – There is so much political power playing at this company, it is almost impossible to get anything done. Senior management are mostly from other industries and are pretty clueless. The amount of time spent here trying to answer the same questions over and over is unbelievable. The policy of recruiting management from outside the company means career progression is almost nonexistent, if you want a promotion you pretty much have to leave.

Advice to Senior Management – IGT is a depressing place, there is so much potential here. Try investing in your people to create loyalty and harness your workers ambitions, instead of relying on non-competes and just replacing people when they leave.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Co workers are supportive, they are just trying to get by like you are.

Cons – Very negative work environment. Supervisor berates employees and is known to shake her finger at you like you would a naughty child. Employees are constantly told how they screwed up yet not provided with the tools needed to do their jobs properly. All work is very manual as the company will not dedicate the resources to fix known problems. Don't expect to be praised when you do a good job with the meager resources available to you. It will get brushed under the carpet or someone else will get credit. Absolutely no career growth as IGT rarely promotes from within. If you are considering working here negotiate a really good salary because you will not move much beyond that.

Advice to Senior Management – Can you please get rid of the bad middle management that is in place. Training will not help these people.....it is way beyond that.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at International Game Technology full-time for more than a year

Pros – At one point, they had a bi-annual "cash give away"-thing for employees, which was pretty cool.

Cons – QA was really boring. There isn't much in the way of learning or growing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend