Another underwhelming corp/bank owned disappointment - Game Audio Formosa Group Employee Review

2.0
Nov 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-High end, high profile clients and IP to work on -Most co-workers are seriously talented individuals and great collaborators -Management can be decent at times, believe it or not

Cons

-Streamland Media and the banks that own Formosa = corporate and bottom line interests will always outweigh employee satisfaction and retention, i.e. there's not much in the way of COLA, and layoffs will happen whenever the banks do the yearly budget -Management ranges from Napoleon-complex-syndrome to outright greasy/skeetchy word salad shooters -The HR wing is a vast, dense and over-staffed bureaucracy, which are suspiciously immune to layoffs; good luck getting anything out of them While there is all manner of high profile work coming through Formosa, the pay and benefits fall short of most standard game internal development studios. The 401k is a joke, and there is NO company contribution/match. Medical/dental benefits are way below average. For a company of this stature and having touched so many huge titles, you'd think they would do a better job with their current employees. I think it's their inherent Hollywood business model/culture, which is the usual 'take it or leave it' attitude. They'd be happy to replace you for someone hungry enough to work with a gun in their back for a bowl of rice a day. They'd get one star but I work with some awesome audio folks which is their only saving grace.

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5.0
Jul 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work I guess

Cons

Boring so I left to become a truck driver

2.0
Feb 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is owned by a parent company, so it is subsidized, allowing it to operate and spend well beyond its means.

Cons

It does not upkeep sound editorial rooms or equipment, expects editors to have their own software (and often hardware as well since some of their rooms are 10 years behind the times).

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