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Found 71 of over 75 reviews
Updated Sep 19, 2023
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- 5.0Sep 19, 2023ProductionFormer EmployeeLos Gatos, CA
Pros
People stay long here and crunch culture doesn't exist.
Cons
Hired bad management that hindered growth.
- 4.0Jul 10, 2023QA AnalystFormer Employee
Pros
Good people that are easy to work with.
Cons
The pay is not super high
- 3.0Dec 11, 20223D AnimatorCurrent Employee, more than 5 years
Pros
Atm, working from home, health insurance, and decent pay for the area.
Cons
It's more about keeping the project alive (it's a stable job), than being creative.
- 3.0Jan 1, 2022Systems DesignerFormer Employee, more than 5 years
Pros
A lot of driven, passionate individuals doing good work on the ground level who were a pleasure to work with There was a lot of nice parts of office life back before the pandemic Fully remote option is a really nice plus Crunch is a rarity
Cons
Office life is dead thanks to pandemic + full remote, so all the perks are as well Pay is below market rate - offset significantly now due to fully remote Issues predominantly stem from management. People stay untouched despite a wall of complaints just because "we're not as bad as the other studios" Management tends to be clueless about the current state of the game, why things go over well with players, and how to interact with people. Management is also exclusively an "old white guys club" and they view that as "just how it is" and not both a problem to be fixed and a symptom of bigger problems in the company structure Filing any complaints about people in upper management will lead to your career going on a massive nose-dive, and at best you can save it by moving to a new team Experts on the ground level are regularly ignored and told their opinion is irrelevant
- 3.0Sep 7, 2022Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Great supportive company culture. Encouraging of growth and internal promotion. Fun and supportive of gamers and gaming culture of all kinds. Diversity before it was cool.
Cons
Leadership needs to do a better job of listening to internal feedback. Too much reliance on doing what worked last decade.
- 1.0Feb 7, 2022Senior Artist IICurrent EmployeeLos Gatos, CA
Pros
Working from home. Free t-shirts. Some free food.
Cons
Filled with meetings. No overall game direction. No long term company plans. Location is too expensive. Old tools. Outdated skillset. Old games.
- 4.0Sep 30, 2021Environment ArtistFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Cryptic looks after their employees Sense of ownership on projects People are great to work with! Flexible schedule
Cons
Need more diversity Old tech Not pushing boundaries, ok with coasting with basic art Management gets feedback but is slow to react or sometimes do not. Need more actionable accountability from management
- 4.0Aug 30, 2021Senior Game DesignerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsLos Gatos, CA
Pros
The team on the live products know their customers, IP and tech very well.
Cons
Pay is relatively low compared to other, similar San Jose or Bay Area jobs
- 5.0Jun 17, 2021Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Cryptic has an amazing culture that is very rare to find in the game industry. They also have amazing benefits and health care. Cryptic is also starting to "Modernize" with the newer leadership which gives the company a great future.
Cons
Perfect World is kind of hard to work with as a publisher, and the third party IPs cause a bit of friction.
- 4.0Oct 8, 2021Marketing ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
cool place and friendly people
Cons
there are no cons for working with them
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Cryptic Studios has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 75 reviews left anonymously by employees. 64% of employees would recommend working at Cryptic Studios to a friend and 39% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
64% of Cryptic Studios employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Cryptic Studios 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Cryptic Studios to be work life balance, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, career development, senior leadership.
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