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Poor code quality and lack of organisation - Junior UI Programmer Creative Assembly Employee Review

2.0
Feb 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

No crunch (although that's really a pro only in game dev). There are some nice benefits like Cycle Scheme, the pension scheme, relocation bonus (if applicable). You can work fully remote from anywhere in the UK.

Cons

Horsham is a boring town. Salary is pretty low. Next issues are project-specific. Code quality is really bad. It's basically cowboy coding all the way. Some examples: Some programmers use camel case, other snake case for the same type of symbols in the same class. C++ access specifiers lose all meaning. C++ core guidelines are a foreign term. Development basically works through bug fixing. Half-finished feature is pushed into production and then patched until no QA notices anything. Barely any inter-team collaboration resulting in stuff needing to be rewritten. Very superficial automated testing. No systems to address tech debt (it's either absolutely burning issue or it can be done later). CA is really reluctant to promote you. 1-to-1s with my lead didn't contain any career path discussion unless I brought it up. Complaints brough up at sparse retrospectives are rarely addressed. I think the root of all these is company culture which can be summarized by the line "well, it sucks but whatcha gonna do?"

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5.0
Oct 20, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people, well organised, good onboarding.

Cons

They use some antiquated communication software (e.g. not using Slack or equivalent, instead relying on MS Teams for chat).

5.0
Nov 23, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly stuffs, amazing working culture.

Cons

A bit low salary compare to same industry.

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