Got greedy and stopped caring about the employees - Anonymous employee Sandbox Studio Employee Review

1.0
18 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In the early days Sandbox used to be a place that cared about there employees and had a fun and healthy environment.

Cons

The company is ran on fear and manipulation with everyone only looking out for themselves. This is a company where you would have little to no growth without a proper raise.

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Sandbox Studio Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback and comments, they are important to us as we're always looking at where we can improve. We're sorry to hear that you don't feel Sandbox is a great place to work. We do, in fact, care about our employees and the environment they spend so much time in each day. Unfortunately, this review doesn't state when you left so we're not sure how in tune you are with how the company is currently managed. To address your concern about "greed" and lack of caring about employees, we actually reinvest in our employees quite extensively as we see greater success. For example, we invested a considerable amount into our healthcare benefits and now every employee has healthcare coverage available to them that is 100% paid for by the company. We also normalized our merit increase process to be a formal process each year. We continue a 401k match that includes immediate vesting of all company contributions. Further, we are investing in development of our teams, the physical workspaces and in the technology and tools that our amazing employees need. We foster an environment of creativity, celebrating our people and their craft, both at work and outside of business hours. With this mentality, we also celebrate differences - of opinion, of perspective and of experiences. We believe in teamwork and camaraderie where people CAN flourish and grow. In fact, we've given opportunity for many people to move from location to location across the US in the past year. And with that, we're proud that our associates stick around. There is always be people seeking other opportunities but we take great pride in that number being quite low at Sandbox. Again, we thank you for the time you've taken to express your concerns. We wish you the very best of luck in your career.

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Sandbox Studio Response
9y
Thank you for sharing your feedback and comments. We're sad to hear that you're not having the experience you would like to have. We do care about our associates, and there is no reason you shouldn't still be doing the fun things that are part of working in the fun, creative environment. Most of our studios embrace the fun along with the work. They held fun holiday parties/outings and have other fun activities throughout the year. We make all of the resources to have the fun activities available, so if you're not seeing those types of activities, let your manager know you want them. We are very proud of the talent that works here and celebrate everyone's hard work and creative eye. If you have concerns about your compensation, we encourage you to speak with your manager directly. Thank you for your continued hard work and all you do to keep the company moving forward.
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