PlayStation Employee Reviews about "work environment"
Updated 17 Oct 2020
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Pros
"Great social and work life balance" (in 71 reviews)
"free games, fun work environment" (in 57 reviews)
Cons
"Not very diverse or supportive of females in senior management positions" (in 27 reviews)
"work life balance time off away" (in 26 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Reviews about "work environment"
Return to all ReviewsPros
Keep up with latest technology changes Nice friendly working environment
Cons
No major cons versus any large tech company
- Helpful (5)
"No reward for hard work and no progression..."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at PlayStation for more than a year
Pros
Amazing colleagues Free games Fun work environment Work is demanding but easy to grasp
Cons
Can be let go with a weeks notice and no reason given when being let go due to it being contract work. Staff say they will give you feedback on how you are doing in your job but do not. No reward for hard work and no way to work up the ladder.
Continue reading - Helpful (1)
"Great Company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at PlayStation full-time for more than a year
Pros
Nice working environment and projects
Cons
Compensation could be aligned with the industry standards
Pros
Fun working environment, forward thinking
Cons
Limited opportunities for career progression
"Principal User Researcher"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at PlayStation full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
- Good work environment - Involved in loads of different projects - Travel opportunities
Cons
Could improve on career path visibility
- Helpful (6)
"Quality Assurance Tester (Temporary)"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at PlayStation for less than a year
Pros
Great working environment, Great role within the gaming industry as a first stage.
Cons
Expendable nature of Games Tester means difficult to continue within role
- Helpful (2)
"Good place to work if you are not at base level."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at PlayStation full-time
Pros
Brilliant Human resources, good working environment, fun place to work, good benefits, (free games, work parties/social events)
Cons
Hard to progress due to internal politics, wages are lower than that of competitors. Those in lower positions aren't treated as well as they should. Bonus scales are pretty low. Too many middle managers. Certifiable training courses are barely available for non-managers.
Continue reading "Great colleagues, not great working environment and management"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at PlayStation for more than 3 years
Pros
Relaxed working environment, lovely team mates, fun atmosphere.
Cons
Salary is not paid on time each month, management does not seem to know what they are doing half the time, communication is lacking between management and employees, as well as other departments.
Continue reading- Helpful (5)
"Entry-level treated badly"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at PlayStation full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
-Great canteen -Decent pay -Relaxed working environment
Cons
-Overuse of contractors with refusal to grant stable permanent positions with inferred benefits - Drink/sleep with the boss to get anywhere - it's a bit of an old boys club. - Expected to come into the office on Xmas day - Terrible work-life balance of hours between 8AM - 11PM for frontline contractors - Management are old-school and refuse to keep up with the times - Huge lack of communication between various areas of the business. - Complaints about sexual harassment are mostly ignored by HR/ Management until volume of complaints is too high
Continue reading "Life at Sony PlayStation"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PlayStation for more than a year
Pros
Great working environment Awesome team to be working in The company looks after you rather well There's a fair amount of "trust" - boss isn't watching your hours like a hawk Some cool away days and various perks outside of work Great canteen Great location
Cons
I've been contracting for a year and a halr with no sign of a possible move to being made permanent Information flow is not great sometimes We STILL use Lotus notes for some strange reason!
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