Amazing place to work despite some growing pains - Senior Researcher Riot Games Employee Review

5.0
Jan 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Company genuinely believes and tries to live a player-first mentality (even if not always successful). Impressive that we haven't lost this as we've grown. - Despite below complaints, we still find ways to innovate and make LoL a better and better game - Vast amount of autonomy in work choice, method - Ability to influence product direction - Strong discipline management that encourages growth and quality work. Also supports you without micro-managing - Benefits are pretty stellar (medical, free food, unlimited PTO, holidays, gym, counseling, and more) - Lot of smart freaking people around you and there are tons of opportunities to learn - Salary is competitive

Cons

- In general, we're feeling the pain of transitioning from a small company that explosively grew into a larger one. We're not sure what processes work and we've been slow to catch up to our own success. - Company leadership is struggling to find it's path. This is changing, but generally speaking there isn't a ton of real direction provided by them and their roles/responsibilities are unclear - Development is just too slow. Despite motto around staying hungry, I think we've lost site of what that means in an environment where it seems like we have all the time/money in the world - R&D is still figuring out how to be good at what it does. Too slow, too lax.

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5.0
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Pros

The people. So nice, so passionate (albeit in pockets). Benefits! Great insurance and vacation.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, pays well, can work on some very interesting problems.

Cons

Work hours are from 10-7 and hardly anyone actually works that, so stuff can move at a snail pace. Getting help from central teams can be painful, especially if they're way off hours. Some of the culture can get a bit overwhelming too and you can end up feeling pretty lonely if you don't drink the koolaid.

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