- Some interesting IPs.
- Cool people with a good sense of community because the company is pretty small.
- Fun work events.
- few weekends and after hour crunch periods.
Cons
- They get bullied by publishers often. which often means making bad deals leading to later problems.
- career progression is muddled. It's not clear what you need to do to advance and it can be hard unless you know or have someone vouching for you. Good work gets overlooked and rarely praised.
- The pipelines need work, between collaborating with publishers and making sure employees are tasked correctly and with reasonable workloads.
- Leads need to be responsible for their people, not just given more work and treated as the touchpoints for informing their team of changes or the middleman to talk to producers.
- Working in a vacuum, not a lot of peer review, iteration, feedback or collaboration.
- Not a good environment for women. Sexism and missing stairs among some male employees. Also, there are few to no women in lead/management/senior positions.
I worked at Obsidian Entertainment full-time for less than a year
Pros
Bagel Wednesday.... that’s about it
Cons
Management hardly understands the artist mindset.
Lead artist are set in their ways and to good to listen.
Zero attention to reviews of performance. I had one 1on1 the entire year I worked there.
No path to growth based on performance.
Feels like developing a game with no plan..
Obsidian Entertainment
Employee Review
"Needs structural change"
I worked at Obsidian Entertainment full-time
Pros
- Some interesting IPs. - Cool people with a good sense of community because the company is pretty small. - Fun work events. - few weekends and after hour crunch periods.
Cons
- They get bullied by publishers often. which often means making bad deals leading to later problems. - career progression is muddled. It's not clear what you need to do to advance and it can be hard unless you know or have someone vouching for you. Good work gets overlooked and rarely praised. - The pipelines need work, between collaborating with publishers and making sure employees are tasked correctly and with reasonable workloads. - Leads need to be responsible for their people, not just given more work and treated as the touchpoints for informing their team of changes or the middleman to talk to producers. - Working in a vacuum, not a lot of peer review, iteration, feedback or collaboration. - Not a good environment for women. Sexism and missing stairs among some male employees. Also, there are few to no women in lead/management/senior positions.
Other Employee Reviews
"Fantastic Company"
I worked at Obsidian Entertainment full-time for less than a year
Pros
Great company culture, good pay and great work-life balance.
Cons
There can be frequent layoffs.
"I had an unpleasant experience"
I worked at Obsidian Entertainment full-time for less than a year
Pros
Bagel Wednesday.... that’s about it
Cons
Management hardly understands the artist mindset. Lead artist are set in their ways and to good to listen. Zero attention to reviews of performance. I had one 1on1 the entire year I worked there. No path to growth based on performance. Feels like developing a game with no plan..
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