Twitch reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(757 total reviews)

Daniel Clancy

44% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Twitch has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Twitch 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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757 reviews
1.0
Jun 10, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The food is great, the current product version is cool, the location of the SF office is near the trains, and the beer is tasty.

Cons

Everyone is just hiring their friends, its all about Amazon (high volume and churn), people that work here are not from games and dont care about games, my manager has been on vacation 3 times this year, and doesnt care about me or my goals. As a matter of fact, her goals are destroying our business unit and we have turned over 50% of our division this year. Lastly, no one has worked here more than a year.. talk about sad..

1.0
Apr 26, 2018

crisis mode...business as usual

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-The product/communities on Twitch -The perks (massage, food, drinks, in-office dentist/medical) -Gaming as an industry is on the climb

Cons

-The entitlement is out of control at this company. Many employees don’t understand that they’re living large off of Amazon’s handouts, while Amazon isn’t aware of how unscrupulous Twitch is with their money. -Management team is completely clueless. CEO, CFO, CMO and COO foster teams that rely on fire drilling with little to no stability. There have been several reorganizations, and with each one, it becomes more clear that the leadership team is lost. -No accountability all the way down the management chain. Twitch doesn’t reward/punish people for achieving or missing their goals, they just continue to focus their time on creating new goals for the following year. -There is no career development at Twitch. Most employees that have received promotions have done so through playing politics and becoming the most useful firefighter. Twitch does not have a culture of merit based compensation/promotions.

1.0
Feb 5, 2018

Not What You Expect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some very hard working people here. There are also some very good people here. Perks.

Cons

Culture is horrible and really unprofessional. I feel for the HR department here. There's a constant battle in the company of Old Twitch vs New Twitch (+Amazon), but coming from someone who's seen successful, functioning companies - Twitch needed a change. They can't retain new hires and employees are constantly resigning. Many of the events that happened at this company would not fly at any respectable Tech companies. Their in-work chat is extremely hostile and exclusive. It was a real let down, because Twitch spews this constant mantra of community - but don't let that fool you. There's absolutely no inclusivity for the most part, and any attempts made I've seen constantly slandered as a joke by the dominant bro-culture. Most people who enjoy working here were insiders from the start, or already part of the Twitch Community in some form.

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