Riot Games reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,040 total reviews)
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66% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Riot Games has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,040 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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5.0
Sep 6, 2012

The most challenging and fun job I can imagine

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* You do what you're good at. Having started in a small European office when it was just set up, everyone helped with what they knew how to do. I work in Community, but I have web development and QA experience, so I helped out where I could. * People honestly believe in the game. Everyone here loves the game and even when we are unhappy with certain aspects, we know who to talk to and they're usually super receptive. * Riot accepts no constraints. So many things that in previous jobs I wouldn't have considered to bring up because they were obviously too big / too ambitious we just do here casually

Cons

* Communication is the big thing. People do stuff and don't necessarily always remember who else should know. Infamous "hallway discussions" take place where important decisions are made on the spot. Europe is often forgotten. A lot is changing here but this is still the biggest hurdle.

5.0
Sep 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Huge opportunity for growth. Junior employees are offered more and more responsibility based on performance and aptitude. Management definitely values your work at Riot over any previous experience. That said, this isn't a stepping stone company, Riot invests in you heavily and expects the same in return. - Despite Riot growing super fast over the last few years every Rioter I've met seems to really fit the culture. Highly intelligent, results oriented and generally fun to be around describes almost everyone I work with day to day. As with anywhere you look there are exceptions to this but far less here than other places I've experienced or read about. - Its nice to work on something you believe in. At Riot you get to work on the League of Legends game and brand. There are only a handful of companies in the industry that can match that in terms of the numbers of players you can reach with your work. - Brandon and Marc are legitimately awesome. You couldn't ask for better, more involved leadership.

Cons

- You HAVE to have a strong personality. Reviews that have stated that people who push their project harder get more done aren't inaccurate. The company won't spend resources on bad ideas but competing good ones will rely heavily on the personality of their owners to succeed. Riot isn't a place for passive people, you'll get left in the dust. - Drink the kool-aid, its delicious, and in all honesty isn't a trick. If you don't 100% see yourself in alignment with Riot's vision and goals (which they make very apparent to you during the interview and on-boarding processes) you might as well just walk away because you won't fit in or get anything accomplished. - Questionable compensation for junior employees. Until i got a promotion or two I was pretty disgusted with my compensation. In their defense, it was remedied (at least for me) after I expressed this to leadership.

5.0
Aug 19, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of exposure to amazing opportunity and fast paced growth. Allows employees to do what they're good at and passionate about. Very fast pace allows for rapid feedback. Fantastic product line where feedback is extremely important and dictates the direction of new ideas and workflows. Very good about recognizing those who excel and contribute meanfully.

Cons

Increases in reponsibility aren't necessarily concurrent with additional pay. Some cultural issues regarding secrecy. Potential problems with scale due to explosive growth of employee base.

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