Square Enix Reviews

Pros

It was a very good gaming company

Cons

pay is not so good overall

Pros

Square Enix has great benefits!

Cons

Square Enix works in silos.

Pros

Get to work on some amazing franchise titles

Cons

They aren't family friendly or female friendly

Pros

Pay is decent, training can vary

Cons

Horrible communication across silos leads to daily/weekly confusion

Pros

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.

Pros

Mediocre titles handled by mediocre staff

Cons

Toxic and good old boys work culture

Pros

- 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 - Incredibly Outdated but with a super big fragile ego: Square Enix is about 10 years behind and riding high off the fumes of their old titles.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.

Pros

Good work environment, friendly people, relative independence in execution of work tasks.

Cons

Contract work, bad commute, lack of communication, awkward hours

Pros

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

Pros

Free tea & coffee

Cons

Flood leaders are incompetent and scared of hard workers