Workplace is alright depending what team you end up on. - Anonymous employee NaturalMotion Employee Review

4.0
27 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, neat office, some great people there. Lots of swag, treats and perks.

Cons

Lack of goal: the studio frequently changes it's mind regarding what it is trying to achieve, ends up achieving nothing. Some teams are incredibly, unbelievably toxic, certain individuals display very concerning behaviour and get covered by management not because of their skill, but because of a very strong clique culture. No growth potential because the studio is in a financial pit. Working hours are longer than in most places. One needs to be okay with cutthroat approach to succeed here.

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Pros

Good Business Good People Good sallery

Cons

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2.0
14 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

When I first started at the company they had big goals, a strong management and leadership team and the ability to follow through. The working environments were great, teams strong and overall feeling was positive and everyone looked up to Torsten and his vision of the company.

Cons

The longer Zynga were involved, the worst things got. The exec team distanced themselves and became passing faves for studio updates and bought very little faith in the future, with all their focus being on the London studio, leaving the people in Oxford feeling left out and disenfranchised. I told they eventually jumped ship entirely, leaving management with terrible people skills and zero ability to inspire. The company then became management heavy with huge trust issues. The talent were no longer trusted and therefore their opinions were ignored, which lead to messy projects and unhappy working environments and work force. Frank Gibeau bought hope, but sadly too late and now news that Oxford is closing when it was once the centre of the whole company. Losing Morpheme is a huge shame and left many people who had been loyal to the company for many, many years without jobs or hope of a future. There is still a great pool of talent there but sadly, management personnel purely out for themselves and not willing to push the ideas that they have and expose that talent.

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