Does Retro Studios pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Retro Studios employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Retro Studios. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Retro Studios?

60% of Retro Studios employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Retro Studios 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Retro Studios?

Artist (2) , Environment Artist (2)

What are the pros of working at Retro Studios according to real employee reviews?

"Great team." ((in 4 reviews)); "Competitive pay." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Retro Studios according to real employee reviews?

"aggressive leadership" ((in 5 reviews))

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Retro Studios reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Michael Kelbaugh

66% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Retro Studios has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Retro Studios employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

16 reviews

1.0

Dec 4, 2018

Retro is just not right…

Coder

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Get to work with developers -Get to help coding a video game -Help others with advice -Passionate to work on Donkey Kong Country for the Wii U. -Get to work with Nintendo

Cons

-Poor Communication -4 or 3 cancelled games that was in a development cycle for Wii U. -Some developers were rushing on a game for a Wii U title that was cancelled. -Made terrible decisions -Unclear direction -Some developers were laid off for reasons -Passive-aggressive leadership -Poor Management

5.0

Jan 11, 2013

Great Team. Great Games. Love it here.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very talented game developer. Great chance to work with legends in the industry and unique IP's. Cool working environment. Great compensation/benefits. Awesome teamwork environment. Managers/HR cares about team.

Cons

Smaller team limits opportunities to work on more than one project at a time.

3.0

Dec 1, 2019

Shoulda been Donkey Kong

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Passion at the company is through the roof, in particular among the concept artists and barbecue chefs.

Cons

Low- to mid-level staffers ought to have more of a voice on projects and deadlines. Example, between 2014 and mid-2018, most people were happy working on a third Donkey Kong Country until that got shuffled over to Nintendo EAD so we could bail out another Metroid Prime.

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