PokerStars Reviews

3.9

60% would recommend to a friend

(762 total reviews)
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Daniel Taylor

69% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

PokerStars has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 762 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PokerStars 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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762 reviews
1.0
3 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very few pros to be honest. The money you get is still decent.

Cons

Too much politics and the chances to make progressions are tiny. Senior managers will get in the way of their best staff if they try to move to another team unless you are recommended by another senior manager. The operation department is literally a nightmare, I've seen so many people getting ill. I read of perks...well, that was ages ago and they are cutting on staffing and try to hire in offices in cheaper countries. They change your job title whenever they want: in a nutshell they own you!

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PokerStars Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback on your time working for Rational Group. Internal movement and progression is an area that we work very hard on as a business and is always an area of focus. Just last year there were more than 100 internal moves and promotions, which we believe really shows our commitment to put real, achievable career progression within everyone’s grasp. Unfortunately no one can guarantee that internal opportunities are going to come up at the right time, location and department for everyone, but we really do wish you well in your future endeavours and our door will always remain open.
1.0
12 Feb 2018

Absolutely terrible, stay away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

salary is okay, however not the best in the industry anymore if you are lazy - good place for you

Cons

It is absolutely one of the worst employers in the online gambling industry. lack of communication, management simply does not care, people are demotivated, decisions are made without any explanation, some departments do not have any targets, goals (sic!), in order to get promotion you have to know people your experience or skills are not important. But the most terrible is that no one cares, do what I will tell you or leave.... You can see that the mentality of 'village people', there is no spirit, there are no opportunities to progress and you are unable to plan anything....in fact they had a problem to plan marketing plans and budget for 2017 being already in 2017. it's ridiculous but even start up they have better structure and it is better organised. It is pointless to work for the company where there is no room to progress, where the management does not listen to you. The results are obvious, check it out what the competitors are doing.

2.0
4 Jul 2016

Past its peak

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Very good benefits - Generally generous salary and bonus packages (comes with a lot of inequality, though) - Good office location (central London) - Quite good work-life balance

Cons

- Staff / teams not ambitious - they simply don't care - Most staff there for money only, doing as little as possible - Morale is low - Incredibly inefficient processes and IT tools, and very little interest and willingness to change - Power struggle in top management - everyone is trying to achieve their personal goals instead of doing what is good for the company and staff - Constant re-structuring and redundancies while key problem areas are ignored or not addressed due to personal agendas - Very difficult to advance unless very good at politics - General environment is toxic and full of rumours

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