Political Game of Thrones - Engagement Specialist MZ Employee Review

2.0
19 Sept 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is pretty good. Decent bonus structure. If you're hourly, you'll reap the benefits. Ability to move up if you just put in the hours (not really about contribution or tangible impact). HR leaves very nice reviews of what the company could be. I think it's a positive because we can all strive to be better.

Cons

Place is great for people who like politics and maneuvering through the corporate ladder. I've seen junior associates get promoted leaps and bounds because they were willing to put in the hours. It's not really about impact, it's more about perception, and how many hours you're willing to clock. No one really even plays the games that work on the games or are even gamers. Designers only look at excel sheets and a person I worked with who ran an important team she barely even knew what the IP was about or games in general. The work environment is terrible because everyone just puts in hours versus works intelligently. This means working on weekends and a culture that promotes this. This literally means weekends at 1am. You can choose not to do this, but your chances of moving up regardless of your tangible impact will be close to nothing. They'll tell you things are getting better, but the leads here don't value it. Everyone on the team I worked on that were the leads pretty much worked all the time and super inefficiently. I've never seen so many people do things so inefficiently. Because everything is so inefficient everyone has job security which might be the intent. I've worked at other companies where three people could run a game. This company has about 30 people run a game because it breaks up all the pieces so everyone gets their tiny slice. They're also majorly possessive about their little piece so it's impossible to garner any more efficiency. Literally if you do something because it's more efficient, but someone else was supposed to do it you'll hear an earful about overstepping your role.

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5.0
13 Mar 2025
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Pros

Everyone is very friendly. Culture is very much trying to make things great.

Cons

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4.0
24 May 2017
Recommend
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Pros

MZ time is an unique concept. We move a lightning speed and the projects we take on are enormous. We have big goals: "reach for the stars" aspirations, and we are determined to will them into reality NOW. That kind of vision requires dedication and determination as well as some patience. MZ is the most challenging environment I've ever worked within, it's also the most rewarding. I've grown so much in the last year and a half that I am not only a better employee and manager, but a better person, as well. The amazing feeling of looking back at a year's progress to marvel over visions realized is well worth every OT hour and every frustrating moment it took to do it.

Cons

There's always something that could make things faster, better, easier, cleaner, or less work, but I believe I learned more from the mistakes I've made, from the challenges I overcame and from the roadblocks I smashed than I would have if they weren't present at all. Every company has it's challenges. We work through them and learn from them.

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