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Somatone Interactive Reviews

2.3

21% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

9% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
2.0
15 Jul 2016

Working at SomaTone

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-An employee or contractor can get a lot of experience on numerous games in a short amount of time, which is good for those at "entry level" experience. -Office is convenient to Berkeley and Oakland.

Cons

-This company has reputation issues and is not well regarded by many in the game audio community. It's generally perceived as a sweat shop by audio professionals. -The tendency is to underpay people below what is scale in the industry. Employees are undervalued. -No benefits or health insurance. -Company works with contractors on a regular basis and the rates they pay to them are some of the lowest in the business. -Company's approach is more on quantity of work over high quality. -Office was not well maintained and kept clean during my employment. Employees sometimes ended up having to clean bathrooms themselves.

3.0
15 Jul 2016
Recommend
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Pros

-You get to work on a large variety of projects (anything from apps, mobile games, AAA, etc.) -Casual and relaxing workplace, no sense of corporate stiffness -Good environment to improve your workflow due to quick production pace -Many opportunities to creatively lead on various projects -Constantly in personal contact with many different clients -Good workstations, software, equipment, etc. -Flexible time off/vacation -Dog friendly! -Location is awesome (Emeryville)

Cons

-Quick turnaround and fast pace means you don't get to spend much time on projects -Quantity over quality in terms of work -No real sense of team morale or community -Underpaid for the amount of work put in -Not many real opportunities for raises -No benefits (medical, dental, etc.) -Questionable at best bonus program -Unmatched 401k

1.0
15 Jul 2016

I wish I didn't stay as long as I did

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-You can receive a lot of experience very quickly -Work on more games in a 1 year then some people do in 5 years -Met, worked with, and learned from some amazing sound designers

Cons

-Employees not respected -Employees extremely under paid -CEO lies to employees -CEO makes irrational decisions -Job is not stable -Employees are over worked and mistreated -Very unorganized workflows -Blamed for things that were not my fault

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