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Updated Jun 13, 2022

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Found 123 of over 124 reviews
2.8
36% Recommend to a Friend
GREE International Entertainment President Yoshikazu Tanaka
60% Approve of CEO

Found 123 of over 124 reviews

2.8
36%
Recommend to a Friend
60%
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GREE International Entertainment President Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka
40 Ratings

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Pros
  • "The people i work with directly are good people with passion and drive and the pay isnt bad either(in 19 reviews)
  • "Salary is high (bu it depends largely on salary of previous job).(in 13 reviews)
  • "Good pay (but no equity piece)(in 6 reviews)
  • "Great benefits.(in 6 reviews)
  • "Free food(in 4 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Outlook

    Nov 10, 2020 - Member Of Technical Staff in New York, NY
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great place to work travel

    Cons

    Management need to listen to team

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  2. 3.0
    Current Employee

    Not sure yet

    Jun 13, 2022 - Administrative Assistant 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Communication and information on work duties

    Cons

    No proofs or way to tell if you are talking to the actual person

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  4. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Hood

    Mar 4, 2021 - Manager in Seattle, WA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Flexibility in working hours is good

    Cons

    Career growth are very limited

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  5. 2.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Bad salary

    Jun 7, 2021 - Junior Engineer in Sacramento, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Flexible working hours over the year

    Cons

    Salary is too small for this job

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  6. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Great people, groovy environment

    Sep 28, 2015 - Marketing in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I joined a couple months ago and so far really impressed with everyone I've worked with at all levels. High integrity, great intellectual curiosity, respect for varied opinions and commitment to trying different things until they get things right. There's been a lot of transition but people seem to be embracing the opportunity to work faster and drive improvement in how things get done. There is a lot of support for exploring new ideas and growing people internally into new roles they are interested in. In the time I've been on the team two people have already moved roles based on their passions. Office space is really nice with lots of perks. Lunch every day, dinner four days a week, boundless snacks, lots of light, good location for access to parking & transit by AT&T park.

    Cons

    If you're comfortable in a static environment this may not be for you. Mobile dev & marketing require flexible thinking and fast decision making in a lot of new and evolving situations. If you prefer predictability in a static industry consider somewhere else. The office is also definitely on a dev-style schedule with few people in before 9:30 our out before 5:30 which could be a hurdle for some people (although individual managers do seem open to flexible schedules).

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    2 people found this review helpful
  7. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Boring games, cool coworkers, upper management that doesn't care about you

    Apr 25, 2016 - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Free snacks and drinks, catered lunches and dinners, fun and smart coworkers, somewhat flexible hours, loosely tracked PTO (for engineers anyway). Good benefits. Fine compensation. Despite the cons listed, COO Andrew Sheppard seems to have turned the company around financially with the layoffs.

    Cons

    The company restructured so often that by the time we got used to one we would have another coming up (this practice may have changed). The games were mostly clones of other games and each other and designed to extract cash from rich people (aka whales) via pay-to-win mechanics, not to actually be fun, which didn't feel very fulfilling to work on. Everyone was waiting on promotions they deserved long ago. COO Andrew Sheppard is not a gamer and doesn't care about games, and after laying off large chunks of the company, filled the ranks with his former Kabam buddies. Our customers really didn't seem to like us.

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    13 people found this review helpful
  8. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Some great people and teams trying to adapt to a fast moving industry.

    Jun 9, 2013 - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    There are some very talented and highly competent people working together on some great teams. While this might not apply company wide, I have been fortunate to learn a lot and have an impact despite coming to the company with little experience in gaming. Business intelligence and analytics is very strong and executives have had to make tough decisions to reorganize and cut some games. For some, this may seem like the company lacks direction but it is actually intelligent, calculated business strategy as far as I can tell. The ex-Funzio team really drives the organization and it is a good sign that many are so adaptable. The company also invests a great amount of time improving and optimizing the game after it is launched and the results show.

    Cons

    Making hard decisions along with acquisitions and reorganizations leaves some people jaded. This also contributes to significant turnover rate. With the size of the company and constant changes, politics inevitably comes into play for some promotions. Some people have been put in roles that don't really make sense or seem redundant. There is often a large disparity in how much people work and the impact they have.

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  9. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    What happened to this place?

    Jul 29, 2015 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    1. Strong salary 2. Mobile device reimbursement upto $400 every year 3. Commute allowance of over $200 in MUNI cash reload 4. Lunch and Dinner served 5. Full snack bar

    Cons

    The company started out struggling in the US market. After failure of their first few titles, they acquired Funzio, which helped them to keep their head above water. But when the key members of Funzio team responsible for the successful titles departed, GREE started struggling once again. The people left to manage had no idea what they were doing. Simply put, two games that were both in production for over 2 years were both cancelled abruptly. There may be many different reasons as to why, but the simple answer (often the most honest answer) is that some of the leaders simply lacked vision and the games weren't very fun to play. In addition, the office politics were insane. Eventually there came a period of exodus. GREE couldn't keep up with the pace at which people were leaving. Hiring of the new COO didn't help the matter much. Since he's started, we've had: 1. Total studio wide reorganization 2. Exodus of VP's 3. One canceled game, which was in production for 2 years 4. Shifting the entire game design to aim at the whales (industry term for heavy spenders) 5. three seat changes 6. TWO big layoffs It's definitely no longer a place I once highly regarded to be a great work environment.

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  10. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Was a great company to work for, until the Funzio acquisition

    Feb 22, 2013 - Senior Software Engineer 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Device reimbursement Free Lunch and Dinner Well stocked kitchen

    Cons

    The dinner was moved to a later time, after public transportation has slowed, to encourage working later hours. Execs do not seem to care about non-Exec suggestions. We build what we're told and we have no say it's development. Any new game idea is battered and beaten until it is a shadow of it's original self and is then killed off because of "other priorities". Those other priorities are always the game ideas produced by the execs themselves. Funzio runs the show now. The studio isn't fun anymore. Innovation has been completely stifled. The only tech allowed to be used is Funzio tech. There is a very clear cut separation between Funzio people and GREE people. Culture has been completely demolished. If you're not on the Funzio side, you won't move up the ladder. Funzio people get special treatment. New hires are placed on Funzio teams.

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    10 people found this review helpful
  11. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Large company, growing pains, cultural mis matches due to constant stream of acquisitions

    Sep 18, 2012 - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great , bright , smart people Fast paced, hot industry , leader n mobile space Lovely China Basin offices Decent perks and overall benefits

    Cons

    Culture Lack of clarity of vision or communication from exec mgt about where the company is headed beyond the next acquisition HQ is in Tokyo, autonomy for the US office is hard won

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    8 people found this review helpful
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GREE International Entertainment has an overall rating of 2.8 out of 5, based on over 124 reviews left anonymously by employees. 36% of employees would recommend working at GREE International Entertainment to a friend and 20% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GREE International Entertainment employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GREE International Entertainment. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

36% of GREE International Entertainment employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated GREE International Entertainment 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

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