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5.0
Aug 8, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people, the creativity, and the value placed on what we contribute to the company whether it be what we bring to our job or things that we do that contribute to the culture of our workplace. I also love that we get profit sharing once a year and we have good benefits.

Cons

The pay, relative to how expensive it is to live in San Francisco. I feel that I make a decent salary, but I live pay check to pay check, and after paying rent, utilities, cable, health-related things and food it's all gone which can be hard.

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5.0
Nov 21, 2024
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Pros

Filled with intelligent, creative people who are proud of the product and work hard to make the company thrive.

Cons

The pandemic has disrupted the comradery that was more present when people were together in person more.

2.0
Feb 14, 2025
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Pros

The support staff themselves are supportive and will help with any questions you have. The books and games products are beautiful, and design really highlights their talents continuously.

Cons

Management doesn't seem to care about support staff (ie, assistants, coordinators) in sales and marketing, despite the vital role they play with managing processes. Often times leadership will stagnate support staff career growth and overload work for years until they may grant a marginal raise or promotion (that's rarely the case, unfortunately, as I mentioned before - high turnover!). With the laughable wages they grant support staff, there's burnout and division between leadership expectations and support work reality. Furthermore, the leadership is pretty poor overall. With high turnover, there's a lack of cohesion and purpose within the company. The office atmosphere seems to mimic this void of direction with the library-like silence on the floors and complete segmentation between other teams. If they tell you they're like a family, they are not telling the truth.

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