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Gaia Interactive Software Engineer reviews

1.9

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James Cao

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2.0
Jan 9, 2014
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Pros

It's a good place to get experience in the gaming/tech industry. Free catered lunches, drinks, and snacks each day were nice. They offered good healthcare including flexible spending accounts. Pets (mainly dogs) are welcome though they were occasionally disruptive when trying to work on something in peace.

Cons

The creative, nerf-gun shooting office culture was let go along with many talented individuals during layoffs and a reserved and timid culture lacking in morale or motivation replaced it. The new management killed off all of the worthwhile projects in favor of focusing solely on milking all the money they can from virtual item sales. There isn't much room to move up in the company since new or upper positions were filled from the outside or upper management's prior contacts. The open office layout causes all conversations to carry through the office and prevents you from working without distraction.

1.0
Oct 14, 2013

Management are shutting you down!

Recommend
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Pros

Free lunch, and the friendly team.

Cons

The management, and the direction the company is heading. The Gaia Online community read this site, I've seen it on the Gaia Forums. If you're reading this, please, stop buying Gaia cash. The sooner the money coming in drops, the sooner Gary and his goons are going to leave, and more chance will be had of rescuing the site in some form. Mike was innovative, he worked with us one on one, talked through ideas that the office thought the community would enjoy. That left with him. He was the kindest, most realistic, down to earth employer I've ever had. Gary is taking your money. When that slows down, he will leave. Check his previous companies on LinkedIn. Until then, the site will crumble. He doesn't listen to ideas and has his own set. I'm just hoping he leaves while there's still a community left to work with.

2.0
Oct 9, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great staff! Met plenty of new people, including those that had actually come from being users on the site. A select few were so dedicated, that they would push out bug fixes at 2AM!! They wouldn't stop working no matter what, because they loved the community.

Cons

Management... Our former CEO was great! He had plenty of ideas, and used to work with me one on one! He would create comic ideas and stories that would keep the community excited and involved with what was happening around the office. Now, nothing. The users of the site are just a cash cow to be sucked for as much money as possible before things fall apart. The manager now doesn't even care.

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