Glu Mobile reviews

Entire studio got sacked because one or two people made terrible game design decisions. The artists did amazing, kick-butt work, the programmers wrote some solid, innovative software, often on a very short timeline, and QA did a fantastic job keeping everyone honest, yet we all lost our jobs even though we did everything asked of us and did it well.

As of this moment, I work in game development in San Francisco under the Action category, so my review is mainly from that experience. Due to the fact several products failed recently, Glu has laid off a significant amount of its development teams. • For a company in the Bay Area that is global, it lacks diversity, especially in management. • Benefits package is average but below average compared to direct competitors. (No 401k matching, 16 days of PTO, no daily catered lunches to name a few). • You may get bored and feel unchallenged because of the lack of variety, creativity and innovation encouraged by management and over-aggressive monetization practices. • Most of Glu's games and outlook of products for the near future are going to be rehashes of out-dated technology and recycled game-engines with a celebrity's name attached to it. Some may do well, many games have not and management will continue to do this because of a past success, á la the Kim Kardashian Hollywood game. • The general philosophy for design here is "data rules everything." Management makes all creative, technical and product decisions purely on achieving metrics and driving revenue. • New ideas and game engines are considered risks and discouraged. • Product quality, the game's players, and game experience are not a priority. Glu product owners and managers knowingly ship unpolished and broken games with obvious bugs and lackluster quality. • Most Artists, Designers, and Engineers will hate and resent the fact that making a good game or software is not important because it is detrimental to one's profession.