Fun but frustrating! - Anonymous employee 2K Employee Review

3.0
Mar 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun work environment and people. People there are very easy to get along with. People are very dedicated and passionate about the work they do. Pet-Friendly. Very supportive atmosphere.

Cons

Lack of leadership and communication. You really have to be pro-active if you want change. The core technology is not at the same level as many other AAA companies. Hard to work with at times. This makes it difficult for artists to truly show their talents when the tech makes it look sub-par. Hard to find and retain top or senior talent. Lack of organization. Crunch with no OT pay (Sometimes made up with comp time)

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Pros

Congratulations on joining an IT department sustained primarily by optimism and certificates whose expiration dates invite reflection. Tickets enter a triage process best described as ceremonial — acknowledged warmly, processed philosophically, resolved at the discretion of the universe. Infrastructure decisions suggest a confident autodidactic energy that formal training might have tempered. Your recommendations will be received, appreciated verbally, and composted with dignity. The company charges a premium for its products and charges again for the remainder of them, which is either visionary pricing strategy or a personality trait depending on your tolerance. The gaming chairs are ambitious. The retention numbers are instructive

Cons

• Your labor props up a machine that monetizes joy incrementally until joy is gone • Every unresolved ticket is a monument to institutional indifference • Heidegger called it thrownness — you were thrown here specifically • The infrastructure will outlive your dignity but not your burnout • Mark Fisher already described this place in Capitalist Realism and did not recommend it • You will achieve nothing that compounds • The servers go down. You stay down longer.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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