Sony PlayStation Reviews

Pros

A fun place to work.

Cons

Compensation.
No stock options, stock purchase plan.

Advice to Senior Management

competitive benefits

Pros

great benefits, amazing products, and a lot of learning potential

Cons

unclear leadership, lack of direction, not much career growth opportunities

Pros

It's Sony Playstation, the name on your res looks great. If you are a gamer you will appreciate all the gaming decor.

Cons

Low pay-you have to fight for a raise
It's like high school all over-people will talk about you behind your back and get you fired
Very political and detached from the real needs of the employees
No direction from management
Most of the people (excluding testers) really game
They treat people badly
Lacks culture

Advice to Senior Management

Take management classes, bring in a coach to assist managers in how to properly communicate.
If you do not like your job, find a new one.
Learn how to treat people better

Pros

I work with some very skilled and talented people. A wide range of technical problems to solve keeps things from getting dull.

Cons

Too little strategic project management with customers often shifting priorities. Clear expectations are often lacking (or insufficient).

Pros

Sony has great PTO benefits.

Cons

Lack of communication between groups

Advice to Senior Management

More fair and open promotion process.

Pros

Cool product, street cred from others b/c you work there, pride in affiliation with cool brand

Cons

Palpable friction between departments, lots of talking about teams/people behind their back, employees seem openly dissatisfied-- every meeting seems to end with somebody complaining about someone or something-- just a generally very sad and depressing working environment

Advice to Senior Management

more focus on good ideas rather than seniority or tenure. Trusting people (or hiring people you trust) should lessen the bloated bureaucracy at the company and allow for faster decision making.

Pros

Stability product parties over time pay

Cons

They do not promote. Not open to new ideas.

Pros

Location is beautiful and the brand name helps resume. Employee discount on products are a good plus.

Cons

Right from Infrastructure everything is unstable as far as the environments and support goes for IT.

Advice to Senior Management

The Management does not value employee opinions and do not recognize all the handwork they do.

Pros

High Brand, some great people and projects. Product development organization is much better run than the corporate side.

Cons

Lack of real vision from executive team. Executives are self serving, afraid of talent. Too many junior employees compared to senior management. Infrastructure and process is lacking.

Advice to Senior Management

Need more fresh blood at highest positions. Many executives have been at the company a long time, probably too long. Do what you say you're going to do. Don't just talk about it.

Pros

Nice people if u become friends. Flexible hours.

Cons

People treated like dirt. No respect. The manager is always right even though she/he is a total full and doesn't understand the process

Advice to Senior Management

Listen other people opinion and trust them.