Vantaggi
The people are incredibly talented and passionate about their work. Working entirely on games is incredibly cathartic and fun. Working with international IPs like Star Wars and Game of Thrones is an absolute delight. Engaging with the gaming community at conferences like Gencon and BGGCon is super fun. Minnesota is great. The games discount is useful.
Svantaggi
People are constantly made to feel like they need to be eternally grateful they get to work in games. Executives are obsessed with inflating value so the parent company doesn't look too closely at the inefficiencies of process and unwillingness to change. Spending money on valuable programs or team development is anathema. A "fail up" culture that pushes difficult and unproductive employees into leadership roles, making them impotent middle managers. No two executives would be able to list the same top 3 current objectives of the company. An inability to forecast properly when purchasing/leasing office and warehouse space leading to massive overhead and constant product overflow. An "ASAP" mentality to ALL production, making nearly every new product line a "special case" for manufacturing partners with inevitable delays and missed dates A completely understaffed and underfunded Organized Play department.