Good benefits:
For a game company, the bonuses are quite generous.
The bonuses for the three major holidays are much higher than those at the well-known publicly listed game companies I worked for before.
At my previous companies, the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival bonuses were usually just a thousand or two thousand dollars, or a 7-ELEVEN gift voucher as a token gesture.
But since coming here, each time they’ve been tens of thousands of dollars or more.
Transparent information:
Everyone can participate in all-employee meetings, and information is very transparent. You can clearly understand your department’s performance and development prospects.
Employee trips are especially great:
Employee trips are probably the most special and best thing about working here.
Compared with the companies where my friends and acquaintances work, this is the best by far. The trips are all overseas, and the company covers the full cost.
Last year we went to Dubai, and the boss even gave us an extra bonus to spend, which felt great.
Limited freedom in career development:
You cannot decide which department you will be assigned to; you have to follow the company’s arrangements, which means less freedom.
I once expressed a desire to transfer to another department, but ultimately it was not approved.
“Very high” performance pressure:
The company places a great deal of emphasis on numbers, so almost every day is spent under the pressure of reports. The pace of work definitely cannot be described as relaxed.
There are too many serious and dedicated people in the company, so sometimes even when it’s time to leave and there’s clearly nothing left to do, you still feel embarrassed to leave XD
Strong competition among colleagues, and some people gossip and spread rumors behind others’ backs:
Because we often have to hold meetings and report on performance, there is inevitably some competition among colleagues in terms of results.
I have seen a small number of colleagues who, perhaps because they could not keep up in terms of ability, would talk behind others’ backs and badmouth colleagues or their supervisors.
As for the earlier comment about women who get married or become pregnant and have children, I haven’t seen that myself, and I don’t really agree with it either.
I’ve been here for more than three years, and many people have gotten married or become pregnant during that time (I’ve given out a huge number of wedding gifts—want to cry).
Even the company’s top HR executive is herself a new mother.
At company events, I often see many colleagues bringing their spouses and children along, and colleagues often play with the kids too.
To write that people who get married or have children will be asked to leave? That seems a little too far from the facts.
It feels like the person who wrote that probably came here to settle a personal grudge after being fired by their supervisor for failing to keep up in performance?
The company lacks name recognition:
I often run into friends or relatives asking where I work. When I tell them the company’s name, they all look like they’ve never heard of it.
I used to work for a publicly listed game company. Although the environment was clearly worse, everyone had heard of the company when I mentioned its name XD
However, this drawback is actually not that important.