NEXON Reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

61% positive business outlook

NEXON has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NEXON employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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171 reviews
2.0
7 May 2017

Mediocre, unlikely to improve.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- I enjoyed working with many of my colleagues. There was a lot of camaraderie and I made new friends that I would be happy to work with again someday. - I was able to work with interesting technologies and quickly contribute to ongoing projects in a meaningful way. - I believe the office has a well-defined mission and I'm optimistic about its financial success in the long term.

Cons

I felt there was intense micromanagement, poor or nonexistent planning, unrealistic deadlines, a lack of transparency and communication, constantly shifting priorities, excessive technical debt, occasional mandatory overtime, low diversity, resistance to process improvement, pervasive internal politics, and multiple ineffective re-orgs.

2.0
16 Feb 2018
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Pros

Comradely among employees, talented people (until majority either quit or got fired) A lot of good food nearby. Available parking

Cons

Toxic atmosphere created by senior management (micromanagement, personal attacks and retaliation for speaking your mind). Group punishment of employees (never heard of “mandatory overtime” for entire software development group.. The most incompetent getting promotions, while the most productive employees are pushed to leave the company or laid off arbitrary (layoffs followed by a hiring spree just a week later).

1.0
11 Aug 2017

Nexon M Questionable Ethics, Questionable Practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nexon M (Emeryville, Ca) has an open office layout in an historic building. The grounds around the building are heavy with flowers (which is great).

Cons

Don't get brainwashed by their constant speeches about promoting from within or diversity that they're struggling to foster. Many teams are broken up into a dysfunctional pod structure that was mandated in order to IMPROVE the many communication failures that plagues the marketing teams. This structure has hindered cultural growth and collaboration between teams has all but vanished. Management, and more importantly, the HR team (which is dominated by nothing but Gree hires...can we say nepotism much?) routinely excludes others from company events, sponsored happy hours or when someone leaves and the company covers the farewell party. Due to this, some teams have no problem flaunting their egos and exclaiming how important they are despite little in the way of contribution coming from them. Turnover is horrendous here and I've never seen a company lose soo many people in just a few months. Do yourself a favor, work for any one of the multitude of bay area gaming companies and give Nexon M a pass.

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