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InXile Entertainment

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Fundamentally Broken Management - Anonymous employee InXile Entertainment Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Full of Passionate Developers. There used to be more positives but the studio environment and the communication standards sharply dropped once the studio split between Newport and New Orleans

Cons

Communication and management style. Despite being a tiny studio High-level managers are too isolated from general production staff, often going weeks without meaningful interactions with the people and projects they are supposed to manage. Management treats software development like manufacturing. Constantly valuing hours worked over quality of output. And will pursue feature because they fit in the schedule without any consideration if they will be worth the time or effort. General communication between offices and remote contractors is badly organized and inefficient. This creates a messy and alienating production process that has led to a steady exodus of people across multiple disciplines.

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5.0
Dec 31, 2023
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Pros

Great projects, AMAZING people. Everyone there is a genuine friend. Anti-crunch, anti-micro management. Constant growth, learning, teaching. NO egos. Microsoft oversight is positive and guarantees longevity

Cons

Only con after 3.5 years is that sometimes high level execs might "hand of god" their way down into a particular topic and force some redos. But it's always better as a result. HIGHLY infrequent occurence, though.

5.0
Dec 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You will work with some great and talented people. Egos are checked at the door, and devs conduct themselves with compassion and humility. Pay is very good for a smaller studio, beating out that of some higher profile studios. Studio leadership treats you like a human being, not a cog in the machine. This is inXile's greatest strength.

Cons

Not enough research and development time leads to building the plane while flying it.

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