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Avantages

Awesome culture, great people to work with, great opportunities. Everybody is really open and ready to listen to others' point of view. Really constructive discussions happen all the time.

Inconvénients

It can be hard sometimes to know who to talk to in order to get access to the right information. Sometimes, the lack of structure can have a negative impact as it seems nobody really wants to take the decision which causes delays and makes the community think we do not know where we are going.

Conseils à la direction

Give more visibility to local offices about projects currently is the pipeline so everybody can fully endorse what's coming and think about the best ways to create awesome experiences for our players.

Avantages

Perks standards and always name recognition

Inconvénients

Boys club. The company is getting better. But really needs more maturity.

Conseils à la direction

Just need people from outside to loosen process up.

Avantages

Environment, people, benefits, learning, food

Inconvénients

Bureaucracy, small, central driven, negative feedback

Avantages

Riot is like a very expensive college campus, there's food everywhere. You'll never starve, much less go hungry. Compensation, in most areas, is competitive though their thirst for high end talent has slackened some over the years I've been there. Fool me once, etc.

Inconvénients

Recruiting teams are the gate keepers of an organization. It's by watching them that you get a pulse on what's really happening somewhere. Take Riot, their Art Recruiting team was once a machine and hired more than any other team in the organization despite having a smaller headcount of other teams tasked with the same amount of open roles to fill. That art team is now mostly gone. They were not fired, they quit.... First team leadership left and then the team slowly trickled away. I believe they got a sense of what was happening within the larger organization: the toxicity that lead to lawsuits, terminations and walk outs and understood that their reputations as representatives of Riot would tarnish them. The game art community is small and tightly knit - unlike engineering, everyone in game art knows everyone else and once poison bait has been dropped into the water no amount of fishing lines will land key talent.

Conseils à la direction

We all know who was the key antagonist in this situation. The one that normalized bad behavior and yet he is still at Riot. Until he's gone no one will take your settlements seriously. It's all window dressing and please pay know attention to the flatulent man behind the curtain.

Avantages

Free food, coffee, snacks, and shakes.

Inconvénients

Leadership on my team were bullies. Making an official complaint, I was told there would be no retaliation. I lost my job the next day. Sports team mentality, with a you have to be cool to kick it vibe. Unprofessional beyond what I would ever expect of a gaming company.

Conseils à la direction

Culture fit is so loud at Riot. Your culture still needs fixing.

Avantages

Campus, free meals, coffee bar

Inconvénients

Very long hours, boys club environment, ridiculous "red badge vs blue badge" hierarchy.

Conseils à la direction

Riot Games is a great company that has suffered from its own success. They grew extremely fast from a small company, to a behemoth, and as a result there have been extreme growing pains. While I was employed there it was a very toxic environment, polluted by way too many managers. Riot would also continually push its "culture," which was quite frankly nonexistent. The only culture I encountered was, "Whenever you... are invited to a game, you need to play." and "You need to work very long hours, and be seen working long hours, to advance here." Additionally, they utilize a badge system, where certain color badges are considered contractors, and other color badges are considered to be "real Rioters," which sends a terrible message to employees. That message is, "You're good enough to work here. But not good enough to be one of us." Perhaps things have changed, or are changing. Reading about them in recent news sounds like they are taking steps, but too many times I saw toxic behavior be rewarded, while hard-working employees who didn't go out of their way to live 24/7 at the office were ignored.

Avantages

- Cool projects to work on - A few talented people - Generous Fridge - Free Tickets to LOL Pro Leagues events

Inconvénients

- Creative team has few, to no process and is a crazy mess - Overtime is encouraged (passively forced) on weekdays - Work on weekend is frequent and "encouraged" - Many people over there have no clue about the gaming industry, or even League Of Legends - The creative team is overwhelmed and functions just like you could imagine of any agency: poor work-life balance, and unhealthy lifestyle - Shady business.... Will not comment more about that - Salary payments are being delayed for more than 2 weeks for a few colleagues - A few talented people

Conseils à la direction

I only have spent a short amount of time at Riot Shanghai, I must admit I was very disappointed. In my opinion Riot Shanghai is damaging Riot brand and IPs in so many ways. The HR department does not thrive for excellency and shows little support and clarity in its communication with employees. The Creative Management is overwhelmed and feels intimidated to recognize and support people's hardwork during... and after their experience at Riot, as well as give them the proper time to rest. Chinese League of Legends launcher is a disaster, there were plenty of bugs and the IT team is totally understaffed and dealing with lines and lines of codes by themselves (think two direct internal IT for a game that has 10 millions Chinese players daily) Riot Shanghai office is in a particular position, basically sandwiched between the giant Tencent, and the head office in LA. Paralyzed both strategically and creatively by those two, the office struggles to make itself up to the standard of a global gaming company despite carrying its name.

Avantages

Lots of passionate people who love playing games, along with a well stocked kitchen and cafe. You won't go hungry here, and can always find someone who has played some obscure title you think only you've played.

Inconvénients

Riot went through a hyper growth phase where hiring decisions were very rushed; this resulted in a wide band of talent, very hit or miss. If you're lucky to have a good manager, you're good to go, otherwise, you'll find that your passion for the product, the company, and the industry will quickly disappear. A lot of managers have never been managers before, and some are afraid that the people they're managing... will overtake them or make them look stupid, so a lot of brilliant talent end up finding other opportunities, leaving only the insecure managers and resulting in a cyclical decline in talent density.

Conseils à la direction

The golden era of Riot is over. Go back to your roots and be HUMBLE, be HUNGRY. Take an honest look at yourselves and make the changes that need to be made. Take exit interviews much more seriously and analyze your shortcomings. If you're a bad manager right now, you don't need to be a bad manager forever; get over your insecurities and help people succeed. Retaining talent only helps the company and your future as... a manager.