Don'the believe any of the hype... it's a joke. - Anonymous employee Arkadium Employee Review

1.0
Oct 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very pretty Flat Iron offices which grow more and more dated looking every year. The checks don't bounce... usually... unless of course someone at top needs some fresh cosmetic surgery. If you happen to be one of the many vapid, clueless, unexperienced, lackeys with zero game industry experienecewho lives to be guided by poor management decisions and who is fine cranking out crappy games and never accomplishing anything notable or truly successful and instead lives to regurgitate old, dated, and uninspired ideas from the wanna be "power couple" in charge of the place... then this is the company for you. Great place if you like snotty, trendy, and utterly clueless managers and co-workers with nothing to offer as far as real game industry experience goes.

Cons

Everything mentioned above PLUS so much more.... There is a vaccum in regards to any real industry "talent" because managers can't get them to stick around. Those experienced and talented enough TO be fooled into working there immediately feel as though trapped in some KEN and BARBIE nightmare of what actual video game studios are run like. The lame, and more times than not, unfinished projects, the lack of creative ownership or even use of best practices and industry trends, combined with an overwhelming, unwarranted, sense of conciet and clichiness makes Arcadium akin to a pair of Manolo Blahnik clown shoes. Studio culture is horrible. Free Red Bull does not make a game studio. Nothing to be learned from the staff because almost none of them have any games experienece outside of Arcadium, which is another way of saying no experienece at all... and that goes straight up to the upper management.

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Cons

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Management - the leadership team at Arkadium walks the walk when it comes to leading by example and being transparent with the rest of the organization The People - Everyone is smart, kind, and respectful. It is extremely rare to hear of employees not getting along. The Products - Who wouldn't want to work at a company where we create fun while having fun?! The Culture - There is a genuine culture of care at Arkadium. I have worked here for nearly 6 years and, as funny as it sounds, there have been some years where our CEO has wished me a happy birthday before my own parents.

Cons

Time zones can be challenging at times as we have offices in New York and Lisbon + remote employees around the world.

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