Ineffective scaling with tunnelvision on publishing - Anonymous employee Kongregate Employee Review

2.0
Mar 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Both the San Francisco and Portland offices are located centrally, have nice amenities, are near hubs of public transportation, and offer great views of their respective cities. - Lots of growth opportunities for non-technical careers

Cons

- Crippling scaling issues continue to surface as the company grows thanks to the success of the publishing business - Huge process breakdowns and communication issues across technical teams - Technical teams are overworked, undervalued and largely ignored compared to publishing departments - Regularly sacrifices quality over quantity - Leadership is reactive rather than proactive - Places culture on a pedestal, but it's almost nonexistent outside of longstanding co-worker cliques - People/career development is nearly impossible outside of publishing roles - HR representatives are often rude and treat you as though you can't be trusted

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