id Software Reviews

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Open and honest management, excellent alignment with audience's likes, good work/life balance.

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Good people to be around and learn from. Good benefits

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Great team making amazing content on cutting edge tech.

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Experienced staff, amazing environment and great pay.

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* Competitive pay and benefits * Some of the best engineers in the industry * Constant stream of work at any tier of the technical stack where generalists can thrive * Leads are very dedicated, smart, and treat employees well

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I know id had difficult time recently, however I can say that all the negativity is gone now. All we care about now is making Doom with positive energy and moving forward. Managers and directors are really trying hard to make the company better than ever, and treat and educate the employees, so it's really a good place for artists to be grow. They don't just tell what to do, instead they ask individual opinion. Artist team is very open minded with great leadership by art director and leads. They care about making a great game with their passions and dedications everyday. New HR is just awesome. She cares and treat other coworker as family or friends. I know that most of talents didn't want to come to id before because of bad reviews or rumors recently, but it's in changing state now, and we are eager to find passionate and talented developers to make Doom.

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Amazing talent in this studio, which pulled off an amazing feat with DOOM 2016 that no one expected. Everyone there loves the id IPs and most got their start with them back in the '90s. Doom 2016 felt more like experienced devs putting together their love-letter to the brand that started it all. Future is VERY bright now that this team has made DOOM together.

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One of the best, well knit art teams Ive encountered. Everyone is very open and willing to share, grow and learn. The art team has a good attitude and wants you to succeed in all you do. Great group of guys!

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id is full of people that are exceptionally great at what they do. There's a desire for quality here that is unmatched. Working here has definitely pushed me and made me into a better artist. Zenimax is a great company to work for; it really does feel like you're part of a big family of world class studios. The benefits are great, and the yearly bonuses are surprisingly very generous. Talent and hard work is rewarded appropriately. I can think of multiple people here that started as interns and years later are now in senior positions. It's fantastic to work for a company that is paying attention to your hard work and wants to reward you accordingly for it, maybe before you even think you deserve it. The technology here is still top notch, living up to id's reputation in engine programming. As an artist, it's great to see so much collaboration to tailor the engine to our needs. The studio culture here is a huge plus for me as well. I was coming from a much smaller studio, so I wasn't sure what to expect with 100+ developers, but it's been great. There's still a big sense of studio collaboration between all disciplines, and it really feels like we all have the same goal in mind. The game is coming along beautifully, and the studio-wide tournaments have been a blast. One of the cool things we do here is the last day of the month we have a sprint review, and each department presents what they've accomplished over the past four weeks. Afterwards we have lunch and "stay and play" for the rest of the day. It's our chance have fun and play any games we want. Strangely enough, a lot of us end up still only playing our game! I know we're onto something great here, because it's all I want to play lately.

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I have worked at other major AAA studios (Last Gen, Current Gen, 1st Party) in my time in the industry and frankly, things are good here. Speaking about the time I have been employed here far (since December 2013) I have seen a very solid, forward moving production with employees extremely satisfied with the project and management. I'm not trying to provide positive fluff; in comparison to other successful and positive operations out there id is right on par if not above average. Not only are things moving smoothly on the production but everyone genuinely enjoys the production, which isn't the case in some of the other studios I've worked at. The community here is also very positive, and we maintain a positive level of mutual respect across all disciplines as well as encourage employee socializing and outings. While the company is not perfect, no company is, as far as video game development and production goes, id is in a very sweet spot. It is also worth noting that people are promoted and given promotions and bonus based on contribution and skill, not pure seniority or favoritism. That means there are good people in good positions who care about the project. Zenimax Media is also a solid publisher (Our actual current CEO is also the CEO of Zenimax), and has fully backed our decisions and process. They really have a hands off approach and let us make the game we want. We all got into video games to make video games we love with teams we enjoy working with; that's what is here. Take it or leave.