Great quality of life, but unclear leveling - Senior Product Designer Roblox Employee Review

4.0
Sep 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great work culture and work/life balance. Since most users are kids, it felt like we were all unifying to create a great product for kids / teens and we are all inspired by play. The first few years, there was low bureaucracy and less hoops to jump through.

Cons

Company is a bit ignorant about DEI, and the gender ratio isn't great. Company also tends to leave its employees to self-organize, like with ERGs for example. It sounds fine on the surface, but then it shows that leadership doesn't want to support employees in those ways. The biggest con is that Roblox seems to participate in a very sneaky way of letting employees go. I was part of a wave of designers that "voluntarily" left the company. A few months after a promotion, leadership gave feedback that I wasn't performing at that level. The leveling requirements were brand new, and some of them contradicted with the type of projects I was getting assigned. They would not de-level me or help me transfer to a different team. Even after meeting leveling requirements, they still we're satisfied. I felt very unvalued, especially since I had been loyal to this company for over 4 years. I don't recommend working on the design team at this company.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Lots of responsibility, lower RO rate (for interns)

2.0
May 21, 2026
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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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