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Updated Aug 15, 2022
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- "The barriers were probably external to the department: the managers seemed aware of the issues." (in 4 reviews)
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
It was a very good gaming company
Cons
pay is not so good overall
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Square Enix has great benefits!
Cons
Square Enix works in silos.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Get to work on some amazing franchise titles
Cons
They aren't family friendly or female friendly
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Archaic synergies between departments
Oct 18, 2021 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pay is decent, training can vary
Cons
Horrible communication across silos leads to daily/weekly confusion
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Employees never properly vetted
Oct 25, 2021 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Not much other than nerd aspect
Cons
Poor hiring process. Tendency to hire sociopathic employees who do No Work, fake illness, harassment of coworkers, and sleep around with management while being married to keep their position.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Mediocre titles handled by mediocre staff
Cons
Toxic and good old boys work culture
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Politics, Lackeys, and Toxic Environment
Jul 27, 2021 - Anonymous Employee in El Segundo, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Lots of prestige in the brand - Ok work-life balance - Fun coworkers - Casual office environment - Cool swag and freebies - Good for entry-level positions, with a brand like 'Square Enix' on your CV you can move to another company with less micromanagement and office politics. - Not the absolute bottom tier gaming place you could work
Cons
- The politics are legendary. Good luck getting to the top unless you have a strong high-level person pushing for you. You can't get your foot in the door unless someone you know or are related to works there - Toxic. Team vs Team sabotage is normal. If Managers or Leaders don't like each other, they will leave out important cross-functional information to sabotage another team. - The Sexism. Good god. Nobody talks about it, but it's there. Both American and Japanese style sexism. - Fail Upwards: if you're good at taking credit for other people's hard work and throwing these hardworking people under the bus, this is the place for you - Favoritism: much like feudal Japan, everything here is about hierarchy and favoritism. It doesn't matter if you suck at your job or if you're good at your job, if you aren't the favorite of someone with power, you'll go nowhere! - Incredibly Outdated but with a super big fragile ego: Square Enix is about 10 years behind and riding high off the fumes of their old titles. Change is an unwelcome subject - Diversity? What diversity?! If you are not Asian, or White then good luck trying to move up. It is incredibly telling that there are almost no BIPOC at this company and even fewer of them in middle management or upper management. - Parking, just like meritocracy, is absolutely non-existent despite there being a parking garage.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Decent Job, Good People
May 12, 2021 - Quality Assurance Tester in El Segundo, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good work environment, friendly people, relative independence in execution of work tasks.
Cons
Contract work, bad commute, lack of communication, awkward hours
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Stable but unrewarding workplace
Sep 19, 2019 - Customer Service Representative in El Segundo, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Health and Dental benefits Free video game merchandise
Cons
Favoritism in management and promotions Severe lack of communication between departments Management needs to get retrained on how to properly handle employees
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Toxic work environment
Oct 10, 2019 - Customer Service Representative in El Segundo, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Free tea & coffee
Cons
Flood leaders are incompetent and scared of hard workers
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Square Enix Reviews FAQs
Square Enix has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 181 reviews left anonymously by employees. 54% of employees would recommend working at Square Enix to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -14% over the last 12 months.
54% of Square Enix employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Square Enix 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Square Enix to be workplace, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, career development, management.
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