Razer reviews

3.7

55% would recommend to a friend

(686 total reviews)
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72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Razer has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 686 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Razer employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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686 reviews
1.0
Sep 17, 2015

It's just so bad on every level

Recommend
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Pros

You are probably gonna get some freebies (Razer products) once in a while.

Cons

Unprofessional Management You are likely going to hear vulgarity during global team meeting, project meetings and basically any time of the day. The global team meeting happens once in a quarter and the purpose is to condemn the teams which are not performing. Other than that, no strategic plan is proposed, and no constructive suggestion is put forward by the management to address the issue. Uninspiring leadership Hire and fire is what they do. To the management, the actual problem is never deemed as the problem, whoever is on it, he/she is the problem in the eyes of the management. So in order to resolve the issue, they simply get rid of the people and put somebody else on it. So it's very common to see multiple people getting fired for one single project. Zero training; no emphasis on employee development I agree that the employees should know what to do on their first day (at least the basic stuff). But there will be no training provided to educate/develop the employees into a better person , there's no internal course that you can sign up, there's no knowledge to share. Some people have been working there for years and haven't even gone for one single training course. The HR is seriously doing a very poor job in this area. You learn nothing other than what you do. If you are looking for skill development, go somewhere else. Do not believe in what the press told you about the company You have probably seen/read on some magazine that razer is an awesome workplace for gamers. The articles will probably tell you that employees are encouraged to gather around at the gaming area during work hours to play for a few rounds. Believe me, these are not true. The gaming area can be occupied only at lunch hour. If you dare to touch those computers during work hours, your superior is likely to have a few words with you. Those photos they showed in the magazine, they are staged (or taken during lunch hour). Those who think that Razer is a good workplace (yes, surprisingly, there are employees who think that Razer is an awesome workplace), have probably never worked with a better company before. My advice to you (if you are reading this), don't consider stepping into this dead end job. Stay away from this company, it's going nowhere with this kind of management.

1.0
Jul 7, 2015

"For Gamers, by Gamers" - is a total lie!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Free lunch. - Be able to purchase customer return gears for cheap. - No shortage of jokes...threats from managers become jokes after a while. - There are always hopes/dreams...because they are never true. - Make you realize that there are things that worse than what you experienced in the past.

Cons

- 70% developers don't even play game. Most people who do play games are supports, testers. You can't develop good software to work with "Steam games" if you don't have Steam installed on your machine...hello!!! where is the "For Gamers, by Gamers"? - Budget for research and development of new ideas is assuming $10 per month because by the time the required equipment get purchased, the project is canceled. - Long working hours with no compensation. - Spam emails for employees to vote on particular Razer product during a show is...lame. That means you are not believing in your own products.

2.0
Jul 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Razer is a very smart marketing company. The products are more exciting and the business is pretty free-flowing. Lots of room to step into different jobs and roles due to the high turnover.

Cons

Dishonest CEO (claims he's founder of the company) who is a very strong marketer but unfortunately channels most of that energy to marketing himself. At the time I worked there, a very weak team with people generally underqualified at every level of the business.

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