Ludia Employee Reviews about "low salary"

Pros

Environment of the company is very friendly, helps to contribute and build the skills

Cons

Salary is low as its a gaming industry

Pros

Very great company. People are very nice and accommodations are #1. Would recommend for anyone looking for a job in gaming

Cons

Salary are a bit on the low side

Pros

Good perks, coffee, some nice people, good for Juniors there is something you can learn in about a year. Good location.

Cons

Salary does not match the job description. Upper management is unaware of difficulties and oftentimes have irrational expectations. They say they don't do crunch time but your lunch hour is not payed so you end up working 9 hours a day. A lot of seniors end up leaving because there is lack of creative work. This is a company that cares a lot about revenue but salaries are not improved accordingly. You will be moved from one project to another without you having a say.

Pros

work environment is also good and fine

Cons

salary environment is also good and fine

Pros

- Challenging technical problems to solve - Freedom of choice for you tools and technical decisions - Evolution opportunities - Attentive and accessible management - IT department rocks - Fun place with a lot of activities (video-games tournament, soccer tables, lounge, parties...)

Cons

- Salaries lower than the market (depending on your position)

Pros

-Truly cares for their employees -Awesome perks and benefits -Exciting projects -Competent colleagues -Responsive management and HR -Well organized internally

Cons

-Lower salaries in comparison to other studios -Communication between teams could be improved

Pros

Good perks, parties, gym, fruits, alcohol, HR initiatives, location (old-Montreal), friendly, good representation of woman (compared to other game companies)

Cons

The overall direction is somewhat messy and do not value productivity and professionalism. Some people have really poor interpersonal skills. There is a big gap between the announcement of million dollars in revenue and the very small salaries. It is unlikely that you'll evolve inside the company. Annual evaluations are inefficient. Creativity is not challenged in the way it should be. Most of the games developed are copycat of other best-selling games. Branding makes them sell regardless of their quality. Some key positions are given to inexperienced people leading to obvious failure.

Pros

- Flexible hours - There are some skilled employees from who we can learn a lot - The lounge is nice and spacious - Available games on site to relax during breaks or 5a7 - Everybody is approachable, within of reach - Most people are nice

Cons

- Very low salaries. - They hire unskilled lazy people who browse and chat all day. - Horrible employees can remain there for years before any action is taken. - Skilled employees keep leaving due to the reasons listed above (low salaries and incompetent peers / higher ups). - Producers do not manage their employees at all. No follow ups, blind trust, always being reactive, no long term planning. Producers at Ludia also take care of trivial tasks which should be other departments' jobs (LOC, externals, promos), instead of focusing on their team. - HR department changes every few months, if not weeks. Most of their employees are insanely clueless, except maybe 2 of them because they've been there for years. By insanely clueless I mean: Not knowing any of the teams on site, not knowing who are the managers, bringing new employees to the wrong teams, not inviting the proper people to the interviews, inviting people to interviews literally 5 minutes before it should start, telling new employees there are no restrooms on our floor, etc. - Their HR level / grid system for each job position is just plain idiotic and hypocritical. New employees with impressive backgrounds are being hired as Level 1, while others who have zero experience in the position they've applied to can get hired at much higher levels (even if they do not meet the expectations nor have the skills to do the job). Oh and employees who have been there for enough years, but don't even meet the listed skills in the grid, get automatically promoted to the next level... Why do we have those grids then? - Because of the lack of follow ups, too many bad employees pass their probation by default, and then it's practically impossible for them to ever get fired. Worse case, they MIGHT get demoted. 'Might' because your job needs to be significant enough for the big bosses to notice your mistakes. - Lots of Designers come from small regions and do not know how to speak or write in English. Which is really great considering that their main job is to communicate and document their ideas..! - We only ever hire Junior Designers, yet we put them in charge of an entire game without supervision or review of any sort. Which other department does that? Umm, none! - Designers have such huge egos and do not listen to anyone's advice when it comes to their badly written and incomplete GDDs. Instead of addressing the issues, they attempt to dodge them, come up with lame patches and answer us like political candidates. Ludia does not offer any kind of training for Juniors (that applies for every single department), and yet gives them so much responsibilities with their full trust. - Producers and higher-ups have no clue what their employees below them do or what their job titles mean. - The atmosphere is too relaxed and laid back to the point where some employees walk around bare feet and leave sweat marks on the floor. - Ludia is a kindergarten where everybody gossips and nobody cleans after themselves. The counters are always wet and full of bread crumbs, coffee pots always empty, milk stays outside for hours, leftover food bits are found in the sink, dirty utensils in the sink, etc. - Ludia is also known to throw insane parties that are over the top, along with famous special guests, but hey... keep paying us with peanuts. We really appreciate it! - Did Supercell release a new game? Good, let's copy it! And put Card Packs everywhere!

Pros

Ludia is a good place if you seek a good work/life balance. Relaxed work environment with small teams where you can get to know each other and have a say in the direction of the game. Many nice perks like free nearby gym membership, many launch parties, free online tutorials, salad lunch every two weeks, fruit, bread, coffee and tea. Nice studio with plenty of break opportunities like a ping pong table, pool table, games room and a super nice lounge. 3 weeks vacation plus a week off during the Christmas holidays.

Cons

Salary. They like to say they offer competitive salaries but I think they mean this as competitive with start ups to small companies. Simply put underpaid talent will move to where their skills are paid appropriately no matter how nice the perks or work environment may be. This simply isn't about being slightly less pay but significant to the tune of 10k+ lower than average. Unfortunately the annual reviews where raises are issued don't improve the situation much. Expect raises of 2-3% of your already low salary. Promotion is very difficult and in some ways probably done so to not offer a higher salary. Technology used in the games makes it very difficult to get the desired results. Projects vary but in general majority of projects are not challenging to work on or impressive enough to add to your portfolio. For some projects you may find your talent going to waste. Too few sick days.

Pros

- Old port is a nice place to work - Some nice perks and advantages - Strong licences - Job security

Cons

- Job security applies mostly to bad employees - No carreer perspective - Salaries are pretty low - The never-ending war between 'production' and 'core-tech' - No technical direction - A pretty buggy in-house engine - Always rushing to patch things instead of building solid foundations - Waterfall much - Last minute changes to games in order to copy the last trending one