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Great People but Deceptive and Cut Throat Management - Anonymous employee TinyCo Employee Review

1.0
May 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-always on the lookout for new people so a great place to get started in an interesting and fun industry -Really fun IPs to work with -The Business Development team at this company is really impressive. They keep getting great opportunities for TinyCo to work with. -So many great people work here! -There is a lot of work to be done so you can get involved in a variety of things

Cons

-Fires people regularly without communicating it to the remaining staff. (Someone will eventually ask, "Where is so and so?" then, after some awkward glances between upper management, someone will admit "they were let go") (This has happened to 3 people over a 6 month period) -There will be no discussion as to why people were let go, leaving the office open to gossip and suspicions that there wasn't a just cause (there can't be just cause if they can't give a reason right?) -People who fall out of favor (even those that have worked at TinyCo for a long time) will be pushed into a corner and given a terrible job title until they leave. (I have been at the company for less than a year and this has happened to two people) -People in management positions have little management experience or training which makes it difficult for their staff to do well (of course they only blame the staff, not the management when people "fail")

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5.0
Nov 11, 2017
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Pros

There’s catered lunch a few days a week and catered dinner. Work life balance is mostly good other than understandably right before a big game release. Best coworkers you will ever work with!

Cons

401k marching is non existent. No bonuses or equity or any other structure exists to make me feel like I have a stake in company success.

5.0
Sep 30, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- I believe that TinyCo doesn't hire just experienced people, or "good" people, or "bad" people, I think they try to hire the right people to make F2P mobile games, and sometimes experience doesn't mean results, I like that the culture is results driven. - I've learned a ton, maybe I'd even say a crap load. - I feel like I matter here, and that people want me to actually give me opinions and thoughts directly and its not encumbered by red tape or dumb managers - The people are amazing here. Everyone is positive, bright, helpful and there are almost no politics. People have fun and like to spend time with one another and no one is left out. - Great pipeline of game projects that we are very excited about.

Cons

- I wish there was more of a management structure and that the company was organized in general, it's a bit of a mess and sometimes the lack of structure creates craziness. I guess its better that there isn't too much management like other companies, but more would help. - Projects are a bit unstructured as well, but I think they are getting much better. I think if we keep having hits and investing in teams and management the company could get there. - Management is a bit slow to act... Decisions feel like they take a lifetime to be made and trickle down even for simple things. - The office is kind of craptastic, but its not bad, just not... pretty.

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