Z2 reviews

The other reviews that mention the cliquish, core group that treats outsiders rudely and with no respect are accurate. Very accurate. Most of the management seems to have come from the dev side of their older success, and in typical Peter Principal fashion, they've all been promoted to their level of incompetence. Their biggest mistake was selling out to King (which then sold out to Activision, OOPS!) Now, the rookie cloddishness of their shoddy tech, inability to communicate with and manage people, and no real understanding of game design or marketing at a leadership level will be on full display to people with actual experience in running game studios. The August 2016 layoffs were handled very clumsily and were no surprise at all. After Activision cancelled the game they were developing we mostly sat around doing, and I quote a manager, "busy work" Then the public statement said they were "removing some support functions" I guess the people who actually build the game are "support" now. To conclude, there are two types of people who work in the game industry, those that TALK about making games, and those that actually BUILD games. The people that were laid off are in the second group, the people that run this place are in the first.

Be prepared to be lied to repeatedly by upper management. No to little chance to advance. Layoffs are not handled well when they do happen. They will pump food at you to keep you there. Little to no work life balance. Unpaid OT is the norm.