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ESL FACEIT GROUP Reviews

2.8

39% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)

Craig Levine and Niccolo Maisto

29% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

ESL FACEIT GROUP has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ESL FACEIT GROUP employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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74 reviews
2.0
10 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Largest esports company, well known for its brand - Fully Remote - Bi-weekly company day for employees to gather and meet each other

Cons

- Global finance team has been making changes to their processes which inconvenience all employees and added workload to some due to the limitations of the company systems - Efficiency and hard-work are not rewarded accordingly, you only get verbal praises that’s all. - Not everyone is entitled to bonus, salary increment is totally by luck. You need to see if you qualify based on the requirements set by them before they review your salary, the requirements changes every year. The salary review is usually carried out in discrete, managers do not know if you are entitled to increment and have no say about it. - Company planning needs improvement. Seems like every department wants changes, but the changes are implemented all at one go, the downstream are suffering from implementing these changes everywhere. - HR lacks proper planning too. When they want to carry out certain exercises, they only send information on or after effective date to the people who are executing the exercise. Imagine given a task today but deadline was yesterday or past long ago? This causes consistent stress to the executor as it happens often. - Culture wise might differ from regions to regions. Some regions receive better support in general and some are neglected. You can tell the employee satisfaction level of each region by reviewing which countries give better reviews here. - Work life balance can be quite bad here, as most functions are globalised now, meetings and calls happening during non-working hours becomes a norm. You sometime have to work during non-working hours to accommodate to the timezone of the other party. - Some leaders generally have bad leadership, they want to gain more control by manipulating employees of lower ranks from other departments. Basically toxic and political.

3.0
5 Oct 2023

Politics and Gossip-stricken Mess

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work flexibility to deliver results without micromanagement Some nice and passionate colleagues

Cons

Political career climbers who step on one another HRs not confidential (revealing and gossiping about salaries) Betraying colleagues gets you favored by the boss Low quality work in my department Inexperienced middle level managers

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ESL FACEIT GROUP Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share such honest feedback. We will be sure to get this in front of the right people to see where improvements can be made. Wishing you continued success in your role!
1.0
25 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working remotely with travel opportunities depending on scope and exposure to work with people outside of your own country or region.

Cons

Disparity in compensation packages. People manager gets bonuses and senior leaders gets bonuses and LTIs. Individual contributors only get basic salary, there’s not much incentive to feel motivated to achieve goals at work. The higher you are in the hierarchy, your bonus and LTI gets exponentially higher. The company laid off a lot of people at the bottom of the hierarchy, leaving the rest to cover the responsibilities with expectations to perform equally well or better than before. So if you are at the end of the hierarchy, expect to work relentlessly without bonuses with little increment because you are fighting against others for the limited pool of increment.

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