International Game Technology Reviews

I have been working at International Game Technology full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – IGT is a technique driving company. The working environment is very friendly to its employees

Cons – IGT is a little older than other hi tech company

Advice to Senior Management – The upper management did not communicate with its majority workers in Reno in recent years

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at International Game Technology full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great Customers that need to have a go to person.

Cons – Change in Management is desperately needed.

Advice to Senior Management – Assign customers and leave it as is, they need a go to person. They cannot be assigned a Client Manager and the next week it changes because you hired a friend.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at International Game Technology

Pros – Direct Supervisors and Management were good to me but they could not stop what the company was changing so I had to go.

Cons – Company said they never did lay-offs but that was a big lie. They went through a crazy long string of lay-offs. No more holiday party, no more company picnics, cash share (bonus) checks all but gone. and some went several years without a raise. They thought they were doing us a favor.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop treating your employees like a resource and treat them like people with real lives and real family that are hit hard by the changes you are making. Also, stop taking the company jet for your personal vacations.

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

I worked at International Game Technology full-time for more than a year

Pros – paychecks don't bounce; free coffee; no accountability.

Cons – "Lifer" type of mentality/employee (very common in Reno) is more of a negative than a positive at IGT. It is basically an innovation killer for this wanna be high tech company. it is hard for fresh blood to inject new ideas; the company is rooted in a dated way of doing things as a result. getting anything done at IGT is a challenge because the culture and political navigation stream is so polluted. For great people it is a stepping stone. For bad people they can hide there for life.

Advice to Senior Management – Shift the big office from Reno to a new one in Silicon Valley.

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

I have 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

I have 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

I have 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

I 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

I have 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

I 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