Naughty Dog Employee Reviews about "long hours"
Updated May 22, 2021
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Reviews about "long hours"
Return to all Reviews- Former Contractor, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good experience, but currently not sustainable for long-term growth
Oct 6, 2020 - Quality Assurance in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Experience what it's like to work alongside some of the most talented individuals in the AAA industry and help create an amazing gaming experience. Learn what it takes to develop a polished Naughty Dog title.
Cons
The long hours are expected, but the minimum-wage pay sucks. The studio is evolving to appreciate their QA team more and I had a positive experience with that, but the pay and opportunities provided to grow are definitely the worst part of the job.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
The people at Naughty Dog are very talented, the best in the industry. It's a great place to grow and learn and push yourself.
Cons
Striving to reach perfection often leads to long hours, but end result is a great product.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Creative environment, lots of talented people, learned new skills.
Cons
Long hours, poor work/life balance.
- Former Contractor, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great learning experience
May 22, 2021 - VFX Artist in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Work on the best games ever with some of the best people ever
Cons
Long hours during crunch time
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
ND is a top studio with some of the most talented folks in the business. Lots of great people, really passionate about doing great work. Sony the parent company, seems to take a pretty hands-off approach and avoids meddling with the studio.
Cons
Most everyone works in an open office plan environment. The noise can be very distracting so pretty much everyone has noise-cancelling headphones. It is a high pressure environment, like many game studios. And there is pressure to work long hours. While the studio has expanded greatly, the management style has not changed much. The net result of this is that there are people in management roles who shouldn't be.
Continue reading - 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, more than 5 years★★★★★
Very talented team. Amazing tools. Treated well.
Mar 30, 2018 - Senior Animator in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
There is something special about being surrounded by some of the most talented people in the industry. I love getting to work on a product I’m truly proud of.
Cons
The hours have can be long towards the end of the project though they are very generous with PTO. It’s also more of a culture of perfectionism than something that feels demanded.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Super awesome amazing company to work for!!!!
Jun 24, 2014 - Environment Artist in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
You get to work on some of the most amazing and critically acclaimed games. You get to work with THE most talented people in the industry, everyone they hire is a seasoned professional- Senior or Lead level actually. They pay very well for this talent and if you perform well and stick around you get WELL compensated for it with shipping bonuses and quarterly bonuses that can be a very big percentage of your yearly salary! The Culture is fun and people are friendly and have lots of activities and lunch time fun together. The Leads are very nice and respect you and ask your opinion on things, not just order you around. A+++ Would highly recommend.
Cons
Standards are very high and there can be long hours and long crunches, but that is just because everyone is committed to making the best game we can, and they compensate you very well for working so hard.
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