Lack of focus on quality - People or product (SGI Social)
Pros
Casual work environment, team was initially built with many talented people, there are still many passionate people trying to drive growth
Cons
Managers are not held accountable for being threatening and unaccommodating to their employees. They're allowed to discriminate and berate employees off the record. Subordinates are then treated like they're causing trouble when they meet with HR or executives. Company philosophy of "who you are" being more important than "what you know" leads to hiring incompetent people, particularly managers with no industry experience or understanding of roles. There is no structure for advancement in some departments and mangers have the discretion to tell you that they simply do not want you to have the position you would like to work towards. There are huge gaps in communication between departments and from managers to their employees. Frequently rushing to put out a minimally viable product, rather than developing quality features for their game