Best kept secret in the valley - Anonymous employee Fanatics Employee Review

5.0
Dec 15, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Business is booming, great collaborative leadership team that walks the company values, rather than just talking them. All in, and all hands on deck. FUN place to work, and yet it's a REAL business. Super smart employee base, and they keep the standards high. Major strategic bets have been won, and now focusing on executing.

Cons

Growing pains - yes - but with everyone pulling in the same direction, and leadership enjoying rolling up their sleeves to jump in where they can - you never feel an us versus them internal mentality. Sometimes it's harder to get simple things done across a truly global company without a seamless infrastructure, but it's more a nuisance than a problem

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Part of Fanatics Betting and Gaming -Work/Life Balance: managers really stress keeping good work/life balance. When I told mine that I had to work a couple extra hours to finish something before a sprint they told me to take another couple hours off during the next week or so. Also, half-day Fridays in the summer! -Remote work. -Smart, driven developers. -Good benefits package.

Cons

-A bit of a start-up nature causes some odd, sporadic development blockers. Not a big enough deal, but can be an annoyance.

2.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

Benefits are fine, some coworkers can be great

Cons

There's a major disconnect between the company, and employees and customers and it shows in any talk with leadership. There's a distinct underlying boys club culture that I don't think they will ever be rid of. They are hyper focused on AI usage, to the point that it feels like a resentment towards workers for not figuring out how to replace us with it yet. They are expecting more work for the same pay and are now holding a magnifying glass to the employees with a new project tracking system, layoffs feel inevitable and the work was already unrewarding. Skill stagnation is expected, many coworkers who have worked there for years claim there's few opportunities to be promoted or learn something new. As a designer you will feel more like a pixel pusher, after needing to wrestle with the AI they are pushing onto the customers that don't want it. Leadership is allowed to live wherever they want, everyone else is required to be in office. Unfortunately the job is only worth it if it's remote.

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