No growth, no respect - Principal Software Engineer Roblox Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits are competitive. There are some good people there. Company still has some safe islands where ppl respect each other.

Cons

The company is almost a perfect opposite of “extreme ownership”. Leadership is immature for the challenges it’s facing and it’s not strong enough to admit it and learn. This ends in deep insecurities, politics and BS at almost all the levels of the company. Blame is passed left and right. To hide the incompetence leadership plays out their rank and forces decisions down the chain, rarely explaining their why and not giving any chances for people who are executing the command to provide any input to the plan.

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5.0
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Pros

Wonderful people, free & tasty breakfast and lunch with a lot of options, not too much pressure

Cons

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2.0
May 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Total compensation is top of the market. Good benefits, matching 401k, free DEXA scans, nice HQ.

Cons

Chaotic management. Violatile stock price, one year you can make a lot of money with your RSUs, the next year its all worthless. Progression is hard, on paper they have a standardized rubric for leveling engineers but when it comes to calibration that's when the gaslighting and the caveat starts.

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