Exceptional Workplace for Artists - Artist Playdead. Employee Review

Playdead makes some of the very best games. if it's important to you to work on the good stuff, that is a plus best colleagues. both in skill and socially. Fair compensation Copenhagen is a great city to live in and Playdead office location is very commute friendly, especially from Malmö, Sweden. Best communal lunch in the business.

Not for everyone. some combination of self-motivation, courage, very high skill required in most positions. Highly male, but that is a sector-wide problem Playdead can hardly solve - for now if you want to make games, that's how it is.

* Extremely talented team * Very friendly coworkers * Excellent games and commitment to quality. Playdead’s output is remarkable. * Very relaxed work hours. * Decent perks (stocked fridge, sometimes cake, physio available)

* Psychologically unsafe. Fear, and gaslighting if necessary, is used to keep employees in line. * Pathological lip service. Coworkers will disappear and you’ll only hear “It wasn’t a good fit.” I saw more than one emotional breakdown from someone who was about to meet with management. * Feedback is rare or absent. It’s difficult to know how well/poorly you’re doing, and it often feels like your work is meaningless. * Low diversity. Mostly men. This has a noticiable effect on atmosphere. * Prepare to have your humanity turned off and become a tool. This is unfortunately normalized as “It’s famously difficult to work at Playdead.” * It’s a black box, and nothing you do here can be shown to any future employer due to NDA. * Low salaries don’t reflect the company’s success. Many of these issues are individually not critical, which is why it’s easy to dismiss them internally. Together, they create a monster. I wish it were not this unhealthy.