Unrelenting - Anonymous employee Velir Studios Employee Review

Oh boy. There are a lot of drawbacks, here. Days are packed with back-to-back meetings. Days have to begin early for clients in East coast/ Europe, and you will still have to stay late for client meetings for those on the West coast. Growth team makes promises to clients that are totally unattainable, and when expectations are not met, then the client thinks the shortcoming is because the team hasn't worked hard enough. Team often asked to work weekends and holidays to meet aggressive timelines. Since the days are so dense, it's incredibly difficult to pivot when urgent needs come up. Most team members are deeply burned out. No one at Velir has ever discussed career paths, so roads forward are totally unclear. Team members are allocated at 100% for client work (40 hours a week billable), and then also asked to attend all-hands meetings, lunch-n-learns, management meetings, department meetings and to consult on Sales. NONE of those are included in that 100% allocation - that's all on top of the 40 billable hours. Expect a 47 or 48 hour work week with 8 to 12 meetings a day. Developers are the only ones who get allocations for professional development.