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      OnLive Reviews

      3.9

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (33 total reviews)

      Charlie Jablonski

      66% approve of CEO

      20% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Culture and values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      2.9

      Senior management

      OnLive has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OnLive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      33 reviews
      4.0
      15 Jul 2010

      The next big thing...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      A lot of very smart engineers roam the halls at OnLive. You will be working with some extremely talented engineers, quite a few of them. The bonus is that you will be working closely with them learning and gaining very valuable experience. You will be part of history if they solve half of the problems on their task list.

      Cons

      Brilliant minds don't always make great managers. Groups work in silo's. Information changes very fast, but moves very slowly. You must be ready to manage your manager and be ready to hit the ground running. It's a fast paced environment so make sure you are covered.

      2.0
      8 Dec 2011

      The fish Rots from the Head Down

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      OnLive was filled with amazing engineers. If you thought you were a genius coming into the interview process, you would be totally humbled by the time you left. But not in a bad way. In a way that made you want to work with those people. For a technical person, this was heaven! Many of the original brainiacs have left; having fully vested.

      Cons

      The executive management team is extremely dysfunctional. CEO is a very smart guy who micromanages and doesn't trust or respect his management team. Of course, most of the company doesn't respect the management team either. Arbitrary dates are set for product delivery and then changed multiple times due to a myriad of things like CEO wanting to add a feature, no time to QA so product not working, team died due to exhaustion. Take your pick. There tends to be a lot of finger pointing which is not the way to build/keep a healthy work environment.

      5.0
      28 Oct 2010

      Class A Engineers in the vicinity

      Member of technical staff
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      You'll be working with the best. These are people who not only are veterans in the industry, but have been significant contributors in the industry. It's a quality vs quantity type of crowd. You think you're good? This place will humble you down. Everyone's brilliant (even the interns and juniors).

      Cons

      As with any fast-paced environment, you have to be willing to be agile and change fast. But at the same time, you need to stand your ground at what's right. There are certain directives that make you go, "what the hell?" I think only the strong in this company will survive. If you are used to being pampered or spoiled by a corporate environment, you're going to cry here.

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