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A definite game of two halves - Anonymous employee Guerrilla Games Employee Review

2.0
25 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Dont get me wrong, in some ways this is a great place to work - talented people, lots of tech and generally exciting games to work on. The offices *look* very impressive (however actual day to day experience may not live up to this). Team does regular activities together.

Cons

Crunch. And more crunch. Final decisions were often made very late on, which meant major changes in systems which should have been already laid down in stone, and no tolerance of this pushing out deadlines, so a lot of extra work is required in all disciplines. Things are VERY graphics lead, so this can sometimes lead to other areas, specifically gameplay being almost criminally overlooked. The tech which at first might seem impressive, can be overly complicated, and cost a lot of time to use, time which is not factored into schedules. Some of the underlying code systems are extremely old, and not particularly in a good state. Studio(s) can be extremely political, which is fine if you are 'in' with the right people, but will cause you issues if you are not. Although layoffs were not overly regular, there is a *lot* of churn of staff, at most levels.

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5.0
5 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Situated in one of the most "liveable" places on earth, Amsterdam. Surrounded by a sociable, liberal and relaxed culture where you can cycle to work, hang out in parks or nice bars and catch great live music at any day. You get to work on some really awesome projects with really talented people (seriously, there's almost nobody who work here which I didn't respect their talent). If you have a strong willpower you can convince them to do almost anything, or you can do things yourself, show how awesome it looks. And they would make it a part of them game. They are trying really hard to improve.

Cons

Guerrilla senior management is almost exclusively composed of the same people that started the company, back when "everyone was in on it". This is not necessarily a bad thing, but where the company has now come so many years later, it really is. They still believe they have flat hierarchy, which they absolutely does not have. In fact, it's unclear to me if they even know how the hierarchy is composed. This cause for many people massive pain and disgruntle. Example, you could be tasked to do work on something for weeks, taking full responsibility for it (while being a junior). Just to have your work cut before it's even been reviewed. Just because one person didn't agree with another and changed the design behind their back. Salary is also not very competitive, especially if you want to live in central Amsterdam, where apartment prices are very high unless you feel like sharing (think ~1100 euro/month rent).

23
5.0
5 Jun 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good people, great products, fun environment.

Cons

None, none, none, none, and none.

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