Pros
Small, intimate team Interesting location in Santa Monica near 3rd Street
Cons
Every team is extremely silo'd with management taking meetings independently and with very little transparency. This is a small startup and to have a culture that is founded in need-to-know basis and top down management is not befitting the healthy growth needed at this nascent stage. Management consistently changes scope and overrides decisions that were made by those who do the work, changing the design of features, UI, etc. with very little care to engineers, producers and PM resulting in scrambles and last minute heroics. Also, why is the office so quiet? You can hear a pin drop. For a mobile gaming company, the energy is severely lacking and it feels like a sweatshop. You basically come in, dont talk to anyone and do your work. Some people might like the entire heads down approach but to develop games you need solid collaboration and discussion. The office is so eerily quiet almost as if people are afraid to talk and make noise because management is within earshot. A company culture that has hints of reprimands or fear of speaking out because you may get admonished, embarrassed, etc. are all signs of weak leadership and management. Lastly, while the owners will gain the lions share of profits, they won't be able to expand beyond their capacities if they continue to be clones and knock offs of other match 3, casual game studios. The studio is essentially a wanna-be Rovio and while that will generate revenue for the company and create jobs, it certainly won't be an innovative or exciting place to work.
