Vantaggi
Great immediate coworkers, talented and dedicated folks. Was able to grow a lot in a short period of time. Unlimited PTO and decent healthcare plan.
Svantaggi
The leadership of S6 truly drove Palia into the ground. It breaks my heart that a project where ~200 folks poured themselves into got ruined by poor decision making made by a handful of people. They hired massively talented people, truly the best in the industry, just to ignore their wisdom and experience. Initially the studio prided themselves in taking care of one another, but the last couple years it has been asking people who are running on empty to keep pushing further, Exhaustive and repetitive. Some folks became ill from overwork. Leadership had and still has very little diversity, which is painfully noticeable in the type of decisions taken. Team structuring creates massive silo-ing and strong "our team vs. yours" in terms of output. Very little collaboration is possible, slowing the whole project down. Never worked at a place so inefficient.