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    Gameloft Reviews

    Updated April 24, 2018
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    Pros

    • All in all good place to start in the gaming industry (in 27 reviews)

    • Good work environment, good boss, good salaries for Hungary (in 60 reviews)

    Cons

    • But I understand that the work life balance has room for improvement (in 20 reviews)

    • Low salary at this level of work (in 41 reviews)

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    1. "Product Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Gameloft full-time

      Pros

      - Start up mentality with resources of a large company
      - Tons of responsibility and ownership to lead marketing strategies, branding, etc.
      - Top tier licenses to work with
      - Highly collaborative with production, art, etc. teams

      Cons

      - While there is more flexibility in marketing teams, the production teams are at the whims of the VP's approvals

    2. "Good people, bureaucratic management from headquarters"

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      Current Employee - Vfx in New Orleans, LA
      Current Employee - Vfx in New Orleans, LA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Gameloft full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Talented, hard working developers
      6 month and yearly reviews help with career path

      Cons

      Dated technology/tools
      Slow moving, bureaucratic micro-management

      Advice to Management

      Things are changing with Vivendi ownership, but still too slowly for how fast mobile games market moves. Update you technology and tools.

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    3. "Back to the Future"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Gameloft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Get to travel back in time and work with historic tools and tech

      Cons

      Poor portfolio of games completely lacking any foresight, research or common sense. (I wasted years of my life at Gameloft too embarassed to add any of their games to my resume.)

      Gameloft is easily 5 years behind the mobile gaming industry.
      - Outdated technology and tools lacking any foresight
      - Excessive micromanagement from HQ lacking any common sense
      - Salaries and benefits are way below industry standards

      Advice to Management

      Learn to keep your player’s first. Choose the right games for the right audiences.
      Stop trying to exploit 5 year olds with free to play mechanics.
      Stop trying to target core console gamers with midcore mechanics.
      Stop trying to clone everything without a basic understanding of why it worked in the first place.

    4. Helpful (7)

      "Sinking Ship"

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      Former Employee - Game Designer in New Orleans, LA
      Former Employee - Game Designer in New Orleans, LA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Gameloft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      None anymore studio closed, but the only reason to work there before was some industry experience and because the team was amazing.
      Work life balance was actually pretty good at the studio but most of the offices weren't that way/

      Cons

      HQ constantly directing each studio and forcing bad game decisions down to the dev teams.
      HQ refused to staff up the team despite the needs for projects and to let the studio grow to become successful.
      Pay is pretty low by comparison to the industry but HQ constantly denied that fact.
      HQ would put hiring freezes or pay freezes in place whenever they felt like it often delaying promotions or pay raises for employees that really deserved it.
      Nothing is setup to help you succeed, just get in and get out because they are closing more studios.

      Advice to Management

      Stop getting in the way of your amazing teams and let them do what they know how to do. You actually don't know anything about designing games

    5. "Positive changes"

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

      I have been working at Gameloft full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Gameloft is aware that they need to be hyper competitive both structurally and creatively to be the top player in the industry. Since the Vivendi acquisition, it appears that all teams across the organizations are given a flexibility and ownership to improve. As for my team, we're growing and improving our efficiency and effectiveness since the management change.

      Cons

      Communication still feels distant perhaps because it's a big company with a lot of bureaucracy. There also needs to be clear vision and directions from the C-level to dictate a plan that moves this company into the next decade.

    6. "Great changes happening"

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      Current Employee - Local Producer in New Orleans, LA
      Current Employee - Local Producer in New Orleans, LA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Gameloft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The studio is human sized and the ambiance is great
      We get support from other teams easily
      Changes brought by Vivendi are very positive, pushing for more transparency, pro-activity and giving the local studios more freedom

      Cons

      We have to work long hours when in crush time
      We don't always get the latest software updates

      Advice to Management

      Trust your local studios and continue encouraging innovation

    7. "Java devloper"

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

      I worked at Gameloft full-time

      Pros

      work culture is really nice

      Cons

      repeated work for very long time

      Advice to Management

      Nothing they need to get some good mangers

    8. "Good People, Terrible Hierarchy. High Turnover."

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

      I worked at Gameloft full-time

      Pros

      Gameloft allowed fresh grads to get their feet into the game/tech industry.

      Cons

      Terrible pay, hierarchy, work-life balance.

    9. "Too much HQ interruption.."

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

      I worked at Gameloft full-time

      Pros

      great people to work with and very talented team

      Cons

      too many interruptions due to demands by HQ in France

    10. "Good IPs, Heavy Overtime"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Exposure to many different genres and IPs.

      Cons

      Top down hierarchy and some of the highest OT in the game industry period.

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