Retro Studios reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Michael Kelbaugh

66% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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
3.0
Jul 2, 2018

Sad to leave

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Retro is a nice place to work, it's very busy working on multiple games. I'm sad leave for family reasons!

Cons

Too many projects cooking at once, quality seems to be suffering.

2.0
Feb 17, 2017

Retro is....retro

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good benefits -Decent pay -Friendly co-workers -Excellent HR team -Stable

Cons

-Passive-aggressive leadership -the company as a whole is "stuck in the past" (making retro a very fitting name) and would rather do things the way they always have -Poor communication -Unclear direction -Difficult to move up -A lot of the talent Retro is known for left years ago

5.0
Jan 11, 2013

Great Team. Great Games. Love it here.

Anonymous employee
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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.

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