Case Study in Mismanagement - Anonymous employee MZ Employee Review

1.0
23 Feb 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The games are played by people with lots of disposable income allowing the company to offer higher than average salaries and great perks.

Cons

The board of directors and other executives allowed the founder to take the company in too many directions and the wrong direction. The Legal and HR teams eventually demoralized the staff with arcane work hour policies, overly litigous requirements, poorly handled layoffs and divestitures, and deception through avoiding divulging information about the company. Due to all of this there was just a lot of bad management and results that were accepted. Product and game engineers that didn't deliver new games. IT that didn't enable the workforce. Cost overruns and poor planning within TechOps. The company shows that all of the money in the world from users and venture capital cannot make a well-run company.

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5.0
13 Mar 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone is very friendly. Culture is very much trying to make things great.

Cons

No Advancement Things aren't moving forward possible sell off.

4.0
24 May 2017
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Pros

MZ time is an unique concept. We move a lightning speed and the projects we take on are enormous. We have big goals: "reach for the stars" aspirations, and we are determined to will them into reality NOW. That kind of vision requires dedication and determination as well as some patience. MZ is the most challenging environment I've ever worked within, it's also the most rewarding. I've grown so much in the last year and a half that I am not only a better employee and manager, but a better person, as well. The amazing feeling of looking back at a year's progress to marvel over visions realized is well worth every OT hour and every frustrating moment it took to do it.

Cons

There's always something that could make things faster, better, easier, cleaner, or less work, but I believe I learned more from the mistakes I've made, from the challenges I overcame and from the roadblocks I smashed than I would have if they weren't present at all. Every company has it's challenges. We work through them and learn from them.

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