Riot Games reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,042 total reviews)
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68% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Riot Games has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,042 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Riot Games employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Médias et communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Oct 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A billion dollar company that spoils its employees and gives a tremendous amount of freedom and Trust

Cons

With freedom and Trust comes laziness and it seems like most employees are content playing games and eating snacks without really delivering anything. My team was unwilling to work beyondcore hours and never actually produced anything and constantly pushing deadlines. Toxic personalities in leadership blame all the wrong people and I watched as my team got angrier and angrier and there was no Direction or desire to complete from the production side despite the team comprised of the most talented and dedicated artists in the industry.

2.0
Jul 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Riot has tons of passionate coworkers and very smart people to learn from during your time there. Use your energy well and build a network you can poach from later.

Cons

It doesn't really matter if you are effective or not. Your career progression and compensation won't correlate. Plenty of places for lazy people to hide and not do work, so why kill yourself when someone else will end up with the credit anyway? Lots of talking heads. Culture has been more or less destroyed by a certain individual.

1.0
May 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of incredibly talented specialists who are fun to work with on a team. The office space and extra curricular activities are great if you are young/single...seems like overkill if you aren't. Working at a game company and playing sometimes during the day is great.

Cons

There is a constant turn-over of leadership with little direction of the vision. As the company grows it is starting to become "just like any other company" by chasing after $s and making quick, short-term bets. There is a high level of nepotism still at the company which means people who were great during the start-up phase are underwater now that the company is larger. Also, until more titles come out there isn't really any room for career growth. The organization is flat which also means there aren't any open positions as LoL is pretty mature in its structure. I had people on my team who had been there for 3+ years who were bursting for change but couldn't afford to move. Finally, the culture of feedback is completely broken. There are no clear expectations or metrics. You have two choices...spend all day having one-on-ones to butter up your superiors or spend time doing your job. I honestly don't know how any work gets done with so many coffee chats during the day. All bark and no bite.

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