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Found 283 of over 302 reviews
3.8
74% Recommend to a Friend
Big Fish Games President Larry Plotnick
84% Approve of CEO

Found 281 of over 302 reviews

3.8
74%
Recommend to a Friend
84%
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Big Fish Games President Larry Plotnick
Larry Plotnick
7 Ratings

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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Great people

    Mar 9, 2023 - People and Culture in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Work with fun, talented, and driven people

    Cons

    None. Upward growth in parent company if run out of room in local

    1 person found this review helpful
  2. 4.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Great culture and values

    Apr 26, 2023 - QA Lead Engineer in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - Good benefits, PTOs, wellness Fridays, Lyra healthcare - Small and transparent company - Focus on employee wellness, diversity and makes efforts for inclusitivity - Great opportunity to learn and voice out your opinions - Fully remote options

    Cons

    - Slow growth - Sometimes due to fully remote culture, difficult to make connections ate work and learn

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  4. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Good

    Mar 23, 2023 - Desginer in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good culture and environment for employees.

    Cons

    Nothing much to say about it.

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  5. 2.0
    Former Employee

    N/a

    Mar 3, 2023 - Graphic Designer in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Nice people there to work with

    Cons

    Not great pay and growth

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  6. 4.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Great culture! Great people!

    Jul 22, 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    You can tell Big Fish cares. While they're not perfect, they are trying to do the right things and will do their best to address problems. I appreciate the transparency from leadership and how they choose to overcommunicate rather than undercommincate. The People & Culture team, especially, really cares for their people and advocates for them. Remote work is great! Having half-days on Fridays has been a game changer. Their 12 free sessions for counseling/therapy also means a lot. The support for inclusion and the queer community is also great. I think you see a lot of comments here about layoffs, bad leadership, etc. This was during a time when Big Fish was going through a lot of change. It's left a bad taste in their mouth so everything is filtered negatively. For those who joined Big Fish post-pandemic and remotely, it's been wonderful.

    Cons

    The medical, dental, and vision benefits could be better, but I wouldn't say it's bad. Give Big Fish a year or two, and we'll start to see some really great change especially with the amazing new President.

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    2 people found this review helpful

    Big Fish Games Response

    I appreciate you taking the time to write a review. I am proud of our people-first approach, and I’m glad you’ve seen positive actions being taken. If you have any additional feedback, feel free to email the People team.

  7. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Good work environment - But don't expect raises and expect to be lied to about it by top management.

    Oct 10, 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good work culture at the team level Supportive direct management that is willing to be flexible Good health benefits Good ethics around not enabling crunch culture

    Cons

    Do not expect to get cost of living increases to your salary - many employees have not gotten meaningful increases they would need to offset the increasing costs of living in the Seattle area. Do not expect honesty from upper management - in the realm of salary, after not providing adjustments to match the current inflation in last year's adjustments, employees were told that the company was gathering information to readjust job titles and compensation to industry standard. We were told that we would be hearing about next steps in a couple months. This did not happen, and we were continually asked to wait until this process was complete to further inquire on the subject of compensation. Now, most of a year later, they are walking this back - they have elaborated that there will be no company or department wide adjustments, but are assuring people that they will look at individual cases but are also not providing a timeframe for when this will occur- and also stating that this was NEVER meant to be a company wide adjustment despite implying otherwise several times in the past. Do not expect to advance in a way that benefits you- the company will encourage learning new skills and taking on new responsibility, but you will see resistance to any attempts to gain new titles or increased compensation to reflect your new responsibilities. The company is interested in obtaining expensive skills at a discount. If you do work here, take your new skills and use them to get a job somewhere that will reward you. That's what everyone else does.

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    9 people found this review helpful
  8. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Amazing company if you can afford to stay

    Aug 12, 2022 - Customer Support 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Amazing culture. Everyone loves to work here and people value one another. It’s an environment based on fun and pride in the work. It really is an amazing and healthy environment to work in.

    Cons

    Unless you’re in a technical role, you won’t make enough to live. This company is in a high metro area where the recommended in come is $80K to live comfortably in a one bedroom apartment. Try living on half that and see how well that works.

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    2 people found this review helpful
  9. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    A great place to make an impact

    Aug 25, 2022 - Marketing in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Big Fish is a special place where I have seen my work impact the business. It's easy to roll up my sleeves and take on meaningful projects. The leadership team provides the right amount of transparency and doesn't shy away from tough questions. The president's weekly emails are honest and helpful in giving insight into the business. Wellness Fridays are the best thing ever! It's so helpful and really helps with the work/life balance.

    Cons

    The company is evolving and there are growing pains that come with change.

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    1 person found this review helpful
  10. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 10 years

    Not the same company

    Aug 29, 2022 - Director in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The name keeps attracting good people.

    Cons

    All the people who knew how to make good games have either left or were laid off. As a result, the company lacks institutional knowledge and has lost invaluable collective experience. Treatment of employees by the upper management is plain bad. Salaries are below the industry standards. Lack of culture. Lack of transparency.

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    3 people found this review helpful

    Big Fish Games Response

    I appreciate your feedback on Big Fish. It's impressive that you were at Big Fish for so long and thank you for your contributions that helped the company get to where it is today. I am personally excited about the future at Big Fish and the company's new focus on the Casual game market. I acknowledge that change is hard, but I am excited for the road ahead, even though I know it will not be easy. Heck, that's why I came to Big Fish in May of this year. Yes, this new direction is a bit different than the legacy Big Fish had created, but I believe it's a good and necessary pivot. I agree we need to change, not to be who we were but who we want to be - A top 10 casual mobile game company. We are working to bring in more great talent from the games industry and beyond and I believe they will make meaningful positive impact on our culture in the future. I strive for transparency, and if you don't feel we hit that mark, that's a miss for me. Feel free to shoot me an email to give additional feedback. I'd love to have a conversation. -Larry, President of Big Fish

  11. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Average

    Oct 13, 2022 - UX Manager in Oakland, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Most of the people were pleasant to work with.

    Cons

    The cons are politics and old tech

    1 person found this review helpful
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Big Fish Games has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 302 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Big Fish Games to a friend and 65% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Big Fish Games employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Big Fish Games. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

74% of Big Fish Games employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Big Fish Games 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Big Fish Games to be culture, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.

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