Velir Studios reviews

3.0

49% would recommend to a friend

(73 total reviews)

Dave Valliere

60% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Velir Studios has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Velir Studios employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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73 reviews
2.0
Feb 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Its a Play Hard Workplace

Cons

Management provides all the needed ingredients in the recipe for failure.

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Thank you for providing detailed feedback on your experience at Velir. We appreciate this feedback and will take your advice into consideration when planning for future projects and staffing.
2.0
Apr 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Co-workers are awesome - Love the IT staff - Fun company outings

Cons

- In the yearish I've worked here I've watched it go from a company that really values work life balance (everyone was generally out the door at 5/5:30) to one that is heavily over loading it's resources and causing stress and panic in it's work force (1/2 the company seems to be here until 6 now and most people are putting in time every weekend). There's a reason all the 4/5 star reviews are from back in 2013 as that's where the change started I'd like to believe it's temporary but unless something changes pretty drastically they are going to start loosing people. - There are a couple of "golden children" here, some of whom are legitimately good at what they do and some of whom are only considered good cause they work insane hours. This is a problem as these people are the ones getting promoted and don't seem to understand that most people aren't willing to work 60+ hours a week and don't manage accordingly. -On the subject of management it's generally just terrible. They are starting to get a little bit better but there are still some major issues.

1.0
Aug 27, 2025

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Brooklyn Data people had a great camaraderie - pockets of people were cool

Cons

- lack of organization - weak leadership and management - an obviously controlling board and PE owners - murky vision - lots of layoffs in the last couple of years - all the visionaries have left, makes for an unremarkable company clients are starting to notice this and attrition is high

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