Talented individuals, but dark underside to work culture - Associate Producer Bungie Employee Review

2.0
Oct 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Enormously talented, largely friendly, supportive individuals. Constantly pushing the creative and technical envelope as a studio and as a team. Longer-term contracts with full-time benefits was a rare find for the end of Destiny's development. Mitigated, pre-scheduled, and timeboxed crunch schedule.

Cons

"Don't ask, don't tell" attitude towards personal stress and mental health issues. Unspoken pressure to "be all you can be" and to give your all to projects, but with a lack of corresponding personal support from the company. While mental health services are available via the benefits, work-induced stress and depression are NOT good ideas to mention to your manager. Management tends to quietly cull individuals struggling with work-induced stress, depression, or anxiety if it is brought up or noticeable, even if individuals are performing well. That is not the sign of a healthy studio.

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Cons

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Cons

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