studio on the brink of failure - Anonymous employee Bungie Employee Review

2.0
Oct 16, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

bungie has a long history developing some great games. - there's so much knowledge within the studio walls about truly pivotal IPs. top tier talent have gone through here - there is still that esteem to the work they do on Destiny 2 - before COVID i would say bungie was one of the few studios that encouraged cross-disciplinary collaboration - great place on you resume - decent work/life balance since majority of the studio is family-oriented or has families

Cons

- projects are short-sighted, often reactive to the industry trends - people left in charge are only interested in riding out their RSUs and not serving the company's best interests anymore - because of 20% of the company being laid off, morale is very low and there is no end in sight - leadership overcorrects. this causes generally dysfunctional development pipelines when feedback is trickled down and bloats scope - dysfunctional studio = poor advancement opportunities. bungie was great at a time, but in it's current iteration i'm not sure it's doing it's employees nor fans justice. the organization is hurting and as a result no one is getting proper advancement opps

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5.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

Good work environment and friendly co-workers

Cons

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3.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

The people are what made working at Bungie amazing, a lot of very smart & talented people.

Cons

A massive talent drain over the past three rounds of layoffs. Lots of fumbled bets by past leadership that lasted long after they left. The benefits used to be stellar but got reduced year over year after Sony acquisition due to 'belt tightening' & aligning to Sonys benefits. Future is very questionable for the studio.

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