Level Design Job - Level Designer Glera Games Employee Review

Some genuinely talented and kind colleagues. The art direction had potential. Flexible hours (if you could afford them).

Management placed enormous pressure on the team during a high-stakes project, squeezing every last drop of energy with unrealistic deadlines and mounting stress. When the project ultimately failed - due to strategic missteps far above the production level - the blame was quietly shifted onto the people who had the least power to fight back. Employees were switched to self-employment contracts, which weakened job security. Not long after, dismissals began - accompanied by laughably small severance packages. It became apparent that layoffs disproportionately affected those in vulnerable positions, while some underperformers remained simply because of personal ties to senior staff. The overall sense was: loyalty and effort didn't protect you - connections did.

They hire many strong specialists, working with whom is a pleasure. Remote work opportunities are available. The company offers interesting products to work on.

Management is extremely chaotic and toxic. Decision-making lies in the hands of people with zero empathy or successful products in their portfolio and no understanding of game development, but plenty of ungrounded ideas. If you think you can keep up with their constantly changing stream of thoughts, don’t be so sure: there is absolutely no transparency in what’s happening. When their hypotheses fail, all the blame is shifted onto employees. Processes are a disaster — nothing happens on time, yet no one does anything to improve the situation. This hectic environment results in high staff turnover. Layoffs are too frequent, and no severance payment is provided.