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    GREE International Entertainment Reviews

    Updated November 12, 2018
    117 reviews

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    GREE International Entertainment President Yoshikazu Tanaka
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    Pros

    • "Great Perks including catered lunches and snacks" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Great people at the Vancouver office" (in 7 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work-life balance is unsatisfying, usually work late to 10:pm at night" (in 7 reviews)

    • "the company is scaling down, no new games planned, they bought a new studio and are closing others" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Was a great journey"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      -Learned so much from this company
      -There were some very exceptional employees to work with
      -Great perks and benefits
      -Challenging

      Cons

      -Quality of management got worse over time
      -Product was never competitive or successful enough
      -Inefficient processes
      -Long hours of work

    2. "Great People"

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      Former Employee - Live Operations Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Live Operations Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Really good people, great pay and benefits

      Cons

      No vision for innovation or new products

    3. "Nice people, bad strategy"

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      Former Employee - Product Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Product Manager in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good food. Lots of stuff in the fridge. Good people

      Cons

      Poor business strategy. Too much top down interference.

      Advice to Management

      Fix the cons

    4. "Ship already sank"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time

      Pros

      high salary, benefits were strong, lots of snacks

      Cons

      toxic culture, no career growth, no new games, bad work/life balance

    5. "Good Company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time

      Pros

      Perks &Benefits
      Great HR team
      Salary
      Free Lunch/snacks

      Cons

      Nothing I could think of

    6. "Nothing to write home about..."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at GREE International Entertainment full-time

      Pros

      Sometimes you get to travel to Japan

      Cons

      Gaming is a tough business

    7. "Waiting for the next big game"

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      Current Employee - Finance in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Finance in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at GREE International Entertainment full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Recently acquired game and game in development nearing launch

      Cons

      Current portfolio consists of mostly harvest/sunset games

      Advice to Management

      More accountability at all levels

    8. Helpful (8)

      "Utterly hopeless company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at GREE International Entertainment full-time

      Pros

      You can move up very quickly if you're bro-y and unintelligent.

      Cons

      Leadership is laughably incompetent.

    9. "From a Product Perspective"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great open space working environment, great perks, smart employees

      Cons

      Working on very Stable/Sunset products, the projects are more around optimization and not so much innovative feature releases

      Advice to Management

      N/A

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Current Employee Review"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at GREE International Entertainment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Mostly good people, free snacks and meals, and located near public transportation.

      Cons

      Lack of mentorship, constructive feedback, and general guidance. Seems to be sink or swim unless you've worked with those who are now in charge before and were handpicked to join. Lack of gender diversity in leadership, which reinforces the idea of a boys club in the gaming industry.

      Advice to Management

      Be a little more transparent, set clear expectations with the teams, and give feedback where needed before axing people.