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Keen Software House Reviews

Updated February 4, 2019
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  1. "Good times and Bad times"

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    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - QA Tester in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - QA Tester in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    I think that working at KSWH was a generally speaking a great experience for me. I did learn a lot of new skills and made a lot of good friends along the way.

    I think KSWH has a very good HR department that is always willing to lend a helping hand or advise anyone with any issues he might have concerning his stay in Prague or in general related to work.

    I have also say that my colleagues were friendly and nice to work with

    Cons

    I think a big downside in KSWH was the lack of a united vision as well as a big division between how regular employees and middle to higher management viewed the game and the development process. This alienation caused many issues that could have been avoided through proper communication.
    This bad communication between the two caused some morale issues.


  2. "The best place to work and create!"

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    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time

    Pros

    - Super friendly and professional people around
    - No pressure
    - You're heard and your opinion matters
    - Lots of cool, latest VR (and non-VR) steam games which you can play in the office!
    - Lots of possibilities to contribute and show your skills
    - The Boss is a great guy
    - There are Bonuses and various rewards
    - Modern hardware
    - Modern and comfortable office with lots of cheap and good places to lunch around
    - Tennis, Rest areas and small yet cozy Gym right in the office
    - Coffee machine with great coffee & milk 24/7!
    - Vending machine with snacks and sweets
    - Easily reachable by public transport and subway
    - Beautiful outdoor area outside the office building which is near the river

    Cons

    No cons! I love this place!

  3. "Inspiring place to work"

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    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Very friendly and easy going people, open communication with a lot of support from colleagues, nothing is impossible in this team, small and self organized teams which know what is their goal

    Cons

    Nothing specific to mention, people in Keen are able to face the problems and they are always trying to fix them

    Advice to Management

    Keep up good work!


  4. "Nice place to work at"

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    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Game Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Former Employee - Game Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    - Friendly people, it is common to go to lunch together, even in larger groups
    - Nice, modern offices
    - Treatment of people has improved over the past couple years

    Cons

    - The environment might get stressful when there are tight deadlines to meet
    - Your voice might not always be heard


  5. "Amazing experience"

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    • Culture & Values
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    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    Pros

    Experienced staff around who are available to answer questions
    Open cultured environment, perfect for learning and development
    Modern and professional office building in centre of Europe
    Staff are friendly and open, never have felt more welcomed somewhere
    Gaining invaluable experience in a real working environment

    Cons

    Only writing here because there is a minimum word count, I've not had any issues or see any issues with this company.

    Advice to Management

    Keep up the great work! Doing a fantastic job


  6. "Experience and great adventure"

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    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Web Developer Intern
    Former Employee - Web Developer Intern
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    Pros

    Working in this company is a great opportunity for personal skills development. The big advantage of KSH is that they don't require working experience to recruit an intern, you will gain it here!
    People here are very kind and friendly and they also have big knowledge about creating games.
    The knowledge that I gained here will be very useful in later work. Being here was great experience and adventure for me.
    I would recommend this company to all those that want to develop.

    Cons

    None, none, none, none, none


  7. Helpful (1)

    "A company with great potential and with people who love what they are doing!"

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    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Marketing and PR Manager in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Marketing and PR Manager in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Very friendly and relaxing working environment, flexible working hours, no formal management structure, no strict rules, provides opportunities to low-experienced employees to work on high level, small and flexible team, employees opinion matters, rewarding good results and goals achieved, gives the opportunity for multi-tasking which helps to develop more skills and gain more experience on various fields.

    Cons

    Nothing important that affects working for the company. Maybe some times too much workload decreases the creativity.

    Advice to Management

    More team-bonding events

  8. Helpful (5)

    "Great company for talented people who want create games!"

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    • Culture & Values
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    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than 3 years)

    Pros

    Lot of various programming challenges, great team, company is open to new ideas and experiments. No management, only effective small team with top people in the country. Benefits for well done work, satisfaction from well made game.

    Cons

    None. Even not one word, why should I have to write five?

    Advice to Management

    Get secretary :)


  9. Helpful (1)

    "Big opportunity for an university student get in to game industry"

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    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Game Developer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Game Developer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    This company gave me a big chance to take an inside look in to game development and all that comes with it. I got to learn many new things and procedures, that school never told me about. As an art designer, I get a chance to work at many aspects of the project. From concept art, 3D to level design. This way I can see the overall picture of a game prop development and learn more about how to design new props so they can be easily used ingame. I am looking forward to all new assignments and projects that are going to come in the future.

    Cons

    I wish we had a good coffee machine


  10. Helpful (1)

    "Best game company in country - from employee perspective"

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    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Comp & Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Current Employee - Programmer in Prague (Czech Republic)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I have been working at Keen Software House full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Talented and skilled people are highly valued, friendly working environment, no formal management structure, every person is important, great opportunities to work with new technologies, a lot of space for self-realization and creativity. Flexible working time.
    Everyone makes impact on final product.
    Free cake every other day :)

    Cons

    No cons, no cons, there's no cons