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TinyCo reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)

Chris DeWolfe

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42% positive business outlook

TinyCo has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TinyCo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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64 reviews
1.0
May 8, 2013

Company is Going Downhill Fast

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Chance to use latest technology - Lots of perks - Some talented people to work with - Compensation varies, but if you know what you're worth it can be good to very, very good

Cons

- Work hours are brutal, long, unrewarded. Dinner served at 8 pm to keep people from leaving. Weekends are not "off". - Executives and senior management (directors & up) are relatively incompetent and not used to running a business or managing others. They would make great employees or be great at running a small firm, but TinyCo is too big for their haphazard style. - Increasingly moving away from high quality games to trying to copy whatever is hot. Being known as a rip-off studio makes it difficult to get excited about the work. - Booth MBAs are running the show, but despite their degrees, they can't effectively manage anything, and generally have very limited skillsets (i.e. presentations, corporate finance, etc) - Male dominated culture, makes being a female difficult. Limited HR means lots of off color humor.

2.0
Dec 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

TinyCo provides benefits to employees that allow them to care for themselves effectively. When the collaboration works right the job can actually be fun. - A loose organizational structure and poorly defined roles means lots of opportunity to make of the job whatever you want, and to learn new skills. (No official training) - Projects are fast and ever-changing, you're unlikely to get bored. - Friendly free-speaking coworkers and a highly collaborative space. - Snacks provided. Catered dinner too, if you like to work late. - Health benefits, dental, vision, tax breaks for parking and public transportation. - Neat building in the financial district surrounded by yummy places to eat. - Drinking culture could be a pro, if you're into it.

Cons

TinyCo is full of people who are well qualified to work at better jobs. Collaboration and trust is often soured by scores of indecisive management. - A loose organizational structure and poorly defined roles means stress, confusion, and constantly facing conflicting demands with only a vague idea of what takes priority. - There is bickering between people of authority and few arbitrators or official channels for decision making. Backtracking over decisions multiple times is not uncommon. - Broken process cause of many problems. - Between job stress, overwork, and feeling devalued, there is a high turnover rate. - CEO fluctuates between under-engagement and over-engagement with the employees. Often reluctant to trust the expertise of his employees / sometimes seems to have little understanding of what the employees responsibilities are. - CEO seems to want to be approchable and do some of the talking himself; as a result ends up saying many things that sound very nice but are not backed by actions. - Apparent distrust at the top seems to trickle down. - Drinking culture could be a con, if you like to do something else from time to time.

1.0
Aug 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-The pay and benefits were competitive. -They provide dinner at 7pm. -Downtown location very close to public transit. -Events and parties for employees.

Cons

-Including myself, they are known for setting up interviews and forgetting to contact you back on multiple appointments. -Sleazy operation practices such as emailing the entire company whenever a game on the market receives a low rating by requesting employees to post 5 star reviews to game the system. -A lot of the talent here are fresh out of college with lots of hubris. Industry veterans quickly see the light and don't seem to stay long looking for another job. -Management tends to play favorites and encourage shady behavior openly.

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