PlayStation reviews

- Senior management is a mess - out of touch with employees and current technology, false transparency, lack of objectivity across all team members, inability to establish baseline of trust with all team members, does not inspire confidence, all buzzwords and no real communication - Below-market compensation - Constant political struggle and general low morale - Projects are routinely killed - It’s a well-known fact in the Bay Area that contractors are treated like second-class citizens and are at best strung along for years - Process and progress occur at a glacial pace - Constant conflict with Tokyo office - their word is law and they are beyond feedback - Sterile cube farm - Low diversity - No employee development/lack of mentorship - Feature bloat - Verticals are completely siloed - Huge gaps of time in between projects - No one gets fired but they are managed out (demoted, compensation is cut)

Over the past three years, the San Diego office has seen a new senior VP, two additional VPs, multiple directors and senior architects and managers all come in from the same company (Intuit). At the same time, the existing senior Sony people have been squeezed out, quietly encouraged to leave, or just fired. No one from the original Sony Network San Diego in any position of responsibility and no one from the original Sony days has been promoted. There have been many new senior level positions filled, but none from within the company. Some have been given new titles, but no real promotions. Existing engineers have not been allowed to participate in the technical direction of the network. They are seen as hindrances and not as contributors. A closed environment of fear and distrust has been created where people cannot question direction or voice honest opinions. It’s a dreary engineering environment lacking in excitement or peer collaboration.