Best company to work at - no going back to "the norm" - Design Riot Games Employee Review

5.0
Apr 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Amazing Talent * Innovative view on how to serve players * Great pay * Interesting problems to solve * Direct relationship to players * Passion throughout the entire company

Cons

* "Building the plane while it's in the air" - hard to fix problems due to update rate and live service sensitivity * A lot of ?'s that get brute forced with talent * Poor tools culture

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Cons

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Pros

Great benefits, pays well, can work on some very interesting problems.

Cons

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