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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Work with smart and hard working people:)
Cons
Hard decisions has to be made to meet ddl. Spend additional time on small stuff, make your ocd worse lol.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Very good company to work for
Cons
It was a little disorganized at times
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Awesome work environment
May 5, 2022 - Game Programmer in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Flexible schedules - Good treatment/ethics
Cons
- Stressful at some certain times
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
great place to work. Would recommend.
Cons
no cons at the moment
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Wonderful place to work, depending on team
Nov 8, 2021 - Senior Localization Manager in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Everyone is incredibly talented, passionate, and humble. This varies from department/teams, but in general everyone is incredible hungry and wants to make the best products possible.
Cons
Some teams are prone to crunch/tougher work schedules.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Working on the best franchises in the industry
Sep 14, 2021 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-surrounded by top industry talent -room for growth and career advancement -knowing that you are contributing to some of the best franchises in the industry
Cons
-onboarding could be better, felt like you are thrown into the fire and expected to just produce top quality work -everyone around you is very passionate, which can lead to overworking without being told to. Especially working from home.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Creative fun environment
Sep 14, 2021 - Producer in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Passion, creativity, open communications and collaboration
Cons
Crunch, which is actively being solved
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
High Talent, Good Workflow / Extreme Crunch, Low Pay, Bad HR
Apr 20, 2021 - Programmer in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- You will work with some of the best talent in the industry - The workflow at Naughty Dog is very empowering, you are trusted to get the job done without any constraints, no one is going to be looking over your shoulder. - You are almost guaranteed to work on a cool project - Everyone has a voice, the hierarchy is very flat and everyone is open to new ideas that can make the game better.
Cons
- I have been through many crunches. Naughty Dog was by far the worst. They say they are going to change every time but they never do. If you are going to join, you have to be ok with doing 60 to 80 hours a week for 1-2 years for every project. - The pay is amongst the worst in the Los Angeles area. Some people with lots of experience barely get paid well to live on their own, let alone sustaining a family. - HR is inexistent. There is not a hint of interest for the person that does the job, they only care about getting talent and squeezing it. This is why after every project there is an stampede.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Great to place to work
Apr 1, 2021 - Senior Programmer in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
great to work there and learned a lot
Cons
not enough time off between huge gaming titles
- Current Employee★★★★★
this place is a pleaseure to work
Dec 14, 2020 - UI Artist in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
great here i would say
Cons
not entirely sure, i dont think there are any cons
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Naughty Dog has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 112 reviews left anonymously by employees. 80% of employees would recommend working at Naughty Dog to a friend and 81% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.
80% of Naughty Dog employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Naughty Dog 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Naughty Dog to be benefits, culture, career development and the cons to be management, work life balance.
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