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Updated Feb 16, 2023
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- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Top Game Company in the industry
Cons
Lots of work, at the time little work to life balance
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great games, great team, long hours
Jan 19, 2023 - Environment ArtistRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
All of the teams in the studio are incredibly talented and dedicated to making state of the art games. The quality level is very high but the results are worth it.
Cons
Long hours during crunch time.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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It is so wonderful work
Cons
None none none none none
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Setting the bar high
Aug 9, 2022 - Technical Artist in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great management, Work life balance, and the studio is a great place to work.
Cons
moving up in the company can be challenging
- 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
- 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
- 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, 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
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Naughty Dog has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 127 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Naughty Dog to a friend and 92% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.
74% of Naughty Dog employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Naughty Dog 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.5 for career opportunities.
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