Mind Candy Reviews

Pros

Great product(s), great people, fantastic office and atmosphere. A lot of room to grow and people to encourage grow. Overall I feel it was one of the best companies I worked for.

Cons

I don't really see any cons - it's like every other company - the are better times and worse times - good hires - bad hires - good decisions - bad decisions; MC was a roller-coaster across all of these.

Pros

Great work environment - Excellent tech - Staff Lunch most Fridays - Good location and social activites

Cons

The Good - When in their Battersea they were young and vibrant and about 30 staff who were all great to work with The Bad - Moved to the Tea building and staff increased to about 100 in no time. Then there was a mention of the subscription number being poor with a concerned look so something was not good. The Ugly - Staff being fired almost weekly - Really bad hires - A clique formed and if you weren't part of it you were on your own. Then the redundancies came - I knew my time was up at one of the stages - Got a decent pay off and bought shares - doubt they are worth what I paid for them. I was there for 3 years - By year 2 I was sailing a sinking ship. A great shame for something that started out so great

Pros

Loved working there, some of the most talented people I've ever worked with

Cons

The company has done through 3 or 4 rounds of redundancies so I imagine a very different working environment now

Pros

Great people, big aspirations. It used to be brilliant.

Cons

It's an empty shell of a company

Pros

Mind Candy has been an amazing place to work for the past year and has really motivated me not just at work but also in my day-to-day life. Coming from 2 companies that were fairly large, I always felt like a cog a in a huge machine, going through the same motions everyday with little in the way of exciting work or ability to get involved outside core responsibilities. Since joining Mind Candy, I have been stretched in learning a host of new skills in my field but also actively involved in other areas of the business (I even helped with testing games!). If there is something I want to do or suggest, I feel comfortable enough to approach leadership and bring my thoughts or concerns to the table. I also feel like I have a great degree of autonomy to get on with my work and Mind Candy trust that I am going to do a good job and deliver. This trust in my ability has increased my confidence over the year and motivates me to do more and achieve more. I feel Mind Candy is in line with more modern perceptions of what motivates people in terms of the desire to make an impact and the autonomy to express themselves and their ideas. Another part of my Mind Candy experience that I have enjoyed is the level of exposure to senior staff and leadership, which has further increased my confidence and general business knowledge. Just being in discussions or delivering presentations to the senior management team, the board, product directors or financiers, has improved my public speaking and taught me a lot about the inner workings and challenges of running and building a business. Mind Candy offers a good work-life balance, fun culture and flexibility. If you need to work from home for any reason, my manager has been more than happy to accommodate, as the company understands that there are sometimes personal circumstances that crop up across the year. The office environment and culture is great and I was amazed to find refreshments provided every week and beer 0’clock on a Friday. I never had anything like that at offices I worked in before so for me it is a big luxury! Above all, Mind Candy is a challenging yet extremely fun place to work that I enjoy getting up in the morning for and is filled with amazing and talented people!

Cons

For me, there aren’t really any that I can think of. There have been some tough decisions made by senior management in recent times, but this isn’t a negative for me. I fully understand that this is a business after all and businesses need to make tough decisions sometimes. Any young SME or start up in the tech/entertainment sector is in an unpredictable environment and so needs to adapt and make changes when necessary. The change in the technology sector is and has been rapid, as we all know, with many breakout successes as well as failures. I find this exciting and would rather this than being in a more predictable & stable large corporation.