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      Riot Games

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      Riot Games reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,042 total reviews)
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      Dylan Jadeja

      68% approve of CEO

      54% positive business outlook

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      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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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 4, 2012

      A great place to work with other passionate, smart people.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      + Managers trust and empower employees + Company treats people well + Lots of opportunity for career growth + Great work environment -- non-corporate and flexible + Company of gamers -- even management plays

      Cons

      - As with many start-ups experiencing rapid growth, things are extremely fast paced and can be very ambiguous - Work-life balance could be better - Extremely high cost of living in Santa Monica (where company is headquartered)

      5.0
      Apr 21, 2012

      A major head rush of a gig

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Badassery in full effect! Riot focuses on hiring amazing people to tackle sweet projects and has a philosophy of making sure people have tons of autonomy to get things done. A core management principle of Riot's is to manage by goal-setting and holding people accountable for results (the ultimate result being player happiness). Another element of Riot's winning culture is the incredible focus on hiring talented people. I came here from a large developer and publisher of top games and I have seen Riot consistently pick the very best people out of my former employer with admirable precision. A third positive is Riot's Santa Monica location. I can walk to work, then hit nearby bars with colleagues before stumbling home. It's nice to be car-free for the most part. Santa Monica is gorgeous and awesome.

      Cons

      Growth has outpaced company infrastructure development. Small example: "emailpocalypse" of Feb 2012 in which email was disrupted for 2-4 days during an upgrade of email server infrastructure. This was the sort of infrastructure project that larger, more stable companies pull off easily. Big example: performance review system inadequacies are going to create major headaches unless addressed very soon. Now that executive management doesn't know everybody intimately (thanks to rapid growth), a fair, transparent system that works very well will be needed so that the mass of people hired over the last 18 months gets adequate coaching and career advancement.

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