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Smashing Ideas reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)

Brian Burke

79% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Smashing Ideas has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Smashing Ideas 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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42 reviews
2.0
Mar 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some wonderful, thoughtful, awesome people working here. The design team as a whole is on point - issues below do not apply to them. Challenging, exciting projects with great clients.

Cons

It's one of those vaguely misogynistic tech places. Like you can't put your finger on it, but there's a reason that the leadership team is all white, mostly male. If they cared about diversity, they would have it. There's also bit more back slapping than makes me comfortable as a queer woman. It's clear that they came from a games culture and have not made the step to question certain assumptions. Also, that emotional labor thing, where women kind of massage the male leaders' egos as part of their work - in my experience, that was part of the job.

2.0
Mar 20, 2019

Bad news since being acquired

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Chill environment, forward-thinkers, and good location.

Cons

Significant ramifications since their recent acquisition. Morale is negatively impacted. Resource planning has been unsuccessful - letting good people go, need to immediately re-hire, people leaving because they don't feel valued. Limited transparency and support from leadership.

2.0
Apr 5, 2017

Good and bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- amazingly creative, innovative and passionate people - a well organized machine - strong VX, UX and strategy - great clients and projects - studio has a great view

Cons

- lacks diversity, especially at the leadership level - leadership is tone-def to political climate and culturally insensitive - provides an emotionally taxing environment - poor communication - significantly lower compensation than the market average with only a 3-4% pay increase annually. They're strict about substantial pay increases only happening with a promotion.

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