Capcom Reviews

3.5

83% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Kenzo Tsujimoto

77% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Capcom has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 152 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Capcom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.9 stars).

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152 reviews
2.0
23 Apr 2018

From negative, to terrible

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company benefits package is pretty good. A lot of the people here are hard working and try to make a great product

Cons

- Low wages for most (compensation is well under the Vancouver average) - Seems management has no clue what they are doing. This has been echoed in almost every review. The management cannot seem to make up their mind. Projects change so much and so often, that an entire year is wasted and the team has to start from scratch (almost literally), and crunch because management has no foresight. Changes are common in video game development. But the number of large scale changes that happened at this studio, is more than very frustrating. Lots of changes one year, we're brought back in the following year. - There is a lot of blaming Capcom Japan for problems, instead of management taking responsibility for poor decisions. - People are leaving every week which is why the company is always hiring. Meetings are held to ask the question "why won't our employees stay", which says a lot about the mass exodus if meetings are held solely on this problem. - Management protects the people who don't raise concerns or complain. This was very apparent during the 50 people who were laid off in February. Lots of great talent was let go, and a lot of mediocre/lazy talent took their place. - Management divides the studio by calling out the work of certain disciplines as racist , in front of the whole studio. <--This is not an exaggeration

2.0
15 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Most people are passionate about games -You can learn many aspects of game development

Cons

Career advancement is NOT based on merit, talking your way out of work is more likely to give you a promotion rather than doing the work. Decisions are made without consulting anyone, commitments are made by technically inclined people, and people that actually tried to implement those impossible ideas are blamed for the failure. Since raises and promotions are not based on merit, compensation is not actually competitive after a year.

1.0
11 Sept 2018

Horrible Management and unfair work environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Historical IPs -Flexible hours -Most people are nice and friendly -Easy commute with Caltrain -Close to Philz coffee

Cons

-Japanese executives won’t value you if you don’t speak Japanese. -Executives frequently blame others when their mistakes are called out by headquarters -Those who try to avoid being scapegoated are suspended, demoted, terminated or financially retaliated. -Smart employees saves emails and meeting minutes to protect themselves from getting scapegoated but can still be blindsided. -Female employees are often removed from important decision making process and business dinners. -Maternity leave is openly frowned upon. -The CEO is known to send scathing emails to publicly humiliate his direct reports. Many good people have left Capcom to escape from such toxic work environment -High turnover -Under staffed with snail pace hiring process -Below industry average pay -Minuscule annual raise -Zero bonus after the huge success of Monster Hunter World -Involving HR means making the matter worse. HR can't keep anything confidential and will always side with whoever is more senior

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