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Gaia Interactive Reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

James Cao

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27% positive business outlook

Gaia Interactive has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gaia Interactive employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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39 reviews
1.0
14 Oct 2013

Management are shutting you down!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunch, and the friendly team.

Cons

The management, and the direction the company is heading. The Gaia Online community read this site, I've seen it on the Gaia Forums. If you're reading this, please, stop buying Gaia cash. The sooner the money coming in drops, the sooner Gary and his goons are going to leave, and more chance will be had of rescuing the site in some form. Mike was innovative, he worked with us one on one, talked through ideas that the office thought the community would enjoy. That left with him. He was the kindest, most realistic, down to earth employer I've ever had. Gary is taking your money. When that slows down, he will leave. Check his previous companies on LinkedIn. Until then, the site will crumble. He doesn't listen to ideas and has his own set. I'm just hoping he leaves while there's still a community left to work with.

2.0
26 Jun 2013

Talented Team, Poor Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I'll probably never work with a team like I did at Gaia again. They were a fun and very talented group of people. This place felt like a family and I consider myself lucky to have been a part of it. Work-life balance was a crucial part of the culture. Used to be flexible about work hours and benefits were great (100% premium covered)

Cons

It's really a shame, this place used to be such a fun place to work. Unfortunately, it wasn't always productive. - Some management hired based on their MBA, not skills or competence. Others are hired because they are good engineers/artists/etc, but it doesn't necessarily mean they make effective managers. - Lack of direction and process, making projects run very inefficiently. - Sometimes the focus is on the build limitations instead of asking "Is this fun to play" Not enough transparency/feedback between teams to know about updates/changes. - No opportunity for career growth. You do what you were hired to do and that's it. The only time you do more is when someone leaves and you take over their work, with no job title or raise. Left because I no longer felt fulfilled or valued.

2.0
9 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great staff! Met plenty of new people, including those that had actually come from being users on the site. A select few were so dedicated, that they would push out bug fixes at 2AM!! They wouldn't stop working no matter what, because they loved the community.

Cons

Management... Our former CEO was great! He had plenty of ideas, and used to work with me one on one! He would create comic ideas and stories that would keep the community excited and involved with what was happening around the office. Now, nothing. The users of the site are just a cash cow to be sucked for as much money as possible before things fall apart. The manager now doesn't even care.

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