Pros
- Benefits - Free food - You can play games during working hours (don’t abuse of this awesome perk) - Smart people - If you’re a true gamer, you will have tons of fun and make great friends at work - Unlimited PTO - Open feedback. This might be harsh for some people (in that case you probably won’t fit into Riot) but it really helps with personal and professional growth, plus issues between coworkers are easily solved due to open communication culture - You can accept your mistakes with no fear of repercussion. Riot doesn’t want you to be perfect, it teaches you (at least I’ve learned this) to accept your mistakes and learn from them. You develop and get better at being self aware and this helps you grow personally and professionally. - Awesome campus
Cons
- Boys club. There are few to no women in leadership positions in most of the teams. Even though you work hard, when it comes to filling leadership roles, the company will rather bring a guy from outside than giving the position to a woman and help her grow inside the company and they’ll give you reasoning that doesn’t make sense. - Many Rioters play too much (5-6 hours a day) during working hours and if you need them for some urgent stuff they might not be available since they just started a game or you have to chase them down to get back to you for important matters but they put playing as a priority over getting work done. - The manifesto is sometimes weaponized in order for some people to do what they want. - Hiring process can most times be too stressful for candidates and in some cases cruel. - Underperformers get too many opportunities to improve. Decision making on letting someone that is not performing go might not happen at all. - Sometimes projects take a long time to happen since many people have to give an opinion and there are no strict timelines on making things happen.