Toxic culture and poor pay - Game Guide The Escape Game Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people can be great when they are allowed to be, I met some really amazing people there

Cons

The company honestly just isn’t great. They’re expanding way too fast, opening multiple locations and running sister companies while paying and treating employees poorly. There are only two positions above the entry-level role, and the raises are something like 25 cents, even though you’re expected to take on an entirely new set of responsibilities while still doing much of your old job. They also expect employees to memorize company values and scripts, one of which is centered around honoring God. People can have whatever beliefs they want, but it feels strange how heavily it’s pushed in a workplace setting. There were also frequent issues with managers or higher-ranking employees pursuing relationships with staff, and the company didn’t seem to do much to address situations that made employees uncomfortable and don’t hassle harassment well at all. The “guest always comes first” mentality was taken to the extreme, even when customers were openly rude or disrespectful to employees. They never put their employees safety or comfortably above the customer. The biggest issue, though, was pay. One of my coworkers was paid below the legal minimum wage under the excuse of a “30-day probation period,” which kept getting extended. Something similar happened to me as well where I was promised one pay when hired and paid another. If you look up reviews from former employees, you’ll find that a lot of people describe the company as feeling cult-like, and after working there, I can understand why they say that. They are inconsistent with scheduling, they are not helpful in anyway way, they overall are a terrible company and I wouldn’t wish working there on my worst enemy. I do not understand how a minimum wage job can be this mentally taxing. I hope the owners grow up and learn that greed is a “sin”

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

So much fun and good career opportunities! Good values

Cons

You to be really engaged. Late nights sometimes.

2.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The team itself and the coworkers were rad. Everyone is positive and supportive but not in a toxic positive way.

Cons

--its really bizarre policy to make your plus ones pay for the game...on training games. And do you get paid while training on a game? Nope. Ive never seen any other escape room operate that way and it came off so greedy that friends I brought almost questioned me working there. -very passive aggressive store management. Yes its important to have professionalism but management will get on you for petty small things that made no difference to the guest experience. They also dont seem to be familiar with workers laws in the location theyre managing. --starting out they'll send you home early rather than taking time to train you on everything. If its a tiny bit slow, you get cut. This makes pay incredibly unstable and the pay was already abysmal for the area. --I didnt mind company values at first but it rapidly becomes clear that their generosity and integrity values are only for guests, not for employees. In fact they'll be incredibly stingy towards you. --once your hours stop getting cut, if you've stayed in the trenches long enough, now they suddenly put you on for 11 hour shifts. And schedule requests are often ignored. --if I ever end up rich I want to buy the company out and run it better out of sheer spite.

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