Storm8 Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Salaries are great, the office is nice, food and snacks are plentiful and pretty good. Yearly bonuses are generous, and I feel overall work/life balance for the average worker is pretty good, especially compared to other studios. All artists get Cintiqs. Hardware is decent, good infrastructure. A lot of dogs in the office (might be a con to some people).

Cons

Managers are overstretched and often absent. This results in a lot of miscommunication, wasted work, and neglect of their reports. There are no yearly raises, and in general raises and promotions are hard to come by. The projects are reskins or re-hashes of existing games. There is an insane fear of innovation, which is a shame because they have a wonder team that could make amazing games if given the chance. Hackathons are awe-inspiring, but the games made there end up tucked away never to be seen again.

Pros

Nice people , good perks , good work/life balance

Cons

Lack of leadership No new games in the last 3 years Upper management is clueless ( from the CEO and down )

Pros

Good hours, great people, fun environment, great work/life balance, great benefits, lots of growth opportunities, very transparent about current status of company.

Cons

None that I can tell thus far - I am greatly enjoying my employment with Storm8.

Pros

- Smart, hard-working people in many roles - Free breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks - Opportunity to reach a large audience with games (6 to 7 digit daily active users) - Opportunity for learning and career development, if you find yourself on the right team

Cons

- Lacking product vision, particularly in the last year. Many teams treading water, no path forward. - Cognitive dissonance, lack of honesty about product. Management talks as if games are innovative and fun, but it is evident to everyone that the company is risk-averse and relies heavily on fast-follow techniques, market research, and A/B testing to ensure return on investment. - Strange faux-family environment, infantilizing tone towards employees - emphasis on calling everyone 'stormies' and providing free cookies as rewards would be creepy in a company with 20 adult employees, let alone 200+. - Mentioned ad nauseum above, but very little concept of work/life balance - Honest feedback and direct conversation have become increasingly taboo, resulting in heavily political environment.

Pros

Excellent opportunities to learn and grow here. Leadership actively challenges me to take accountability and develop my own career path. There is as much chance to succeed as you care to take on. Excellent work life balance, healthy collaborative attitude, and great benefits.

Cons

Traffic can be a bit congested around the office location.

Pros

Work life balance was a priority and amazing perks.

Cons

Pay structure was wacky. Raises were low.

Pros

The work life balance is really great. Flex hours are truly flexible, and there is rarely any crunch. Lots of perks, like meals and events. Lots of talented people on staff.

Cons

Product Managers and Executives have little to no game experience, so the company's primary strategy is to company games that have already proven successful. No drive towards innovation.

Pros

- The people you work with day-to-day are great - They provide a solid benefits package (including lunch/dinner) - Work/life balance is generally fair to good

Cons

- Management has no idea how to turn things around and is extremely risk averse - Any non-live ops resources are put towards "safe bet" new games with no chance of being a breakout hit - Zero good design/product leadership for more than a year and a toxic management environment mean the company can't attract anyone who can help get things moving in the right direction