Kongregate Reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

Emily Greer

92% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Kongregate has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kongregate employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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32 reviews
2.0
25 Aug 2015

Unhealthy place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Kongregate can be a really fun place to be. They hire people who tend to truly love games and keep the work environment casual and informal. There is little hierarchy to fight through so everyone from the top down is generally accessible (in theory at least) and they really do try to foster a feeling of "family".

Cons

I reported directly to the CEO, who was understandably busy but the upshot was that I had no guidance, feedback (except negative at times), or support. There was generally never a sense that employee growth and success were valued or prioritized, and I don't think that was exclusive to me. People didn't deal well with anything that was uncomfortable or difficult, or not "fun". Frankly I don't know if I could say I ever felt particularly that the company knew what it was doing although they are pretty successful. Communication was terrible. People ignored each other all the time and for placing such a premium on everyone being in the office as much as possible (don't believe them if they say that they are okay with working from home) the office could be silent as a grave unless someone was joking about something or a game was being played. I never received training or support and that was pretty common among most of the teams. If you weren't one of the cool people (producers, product) you could be expected to be largely ignored. Being left out of the loop was pretty common and even decisions that impacted you directly were rarely communicated in advance. Turnover was pretty high and usually I would attribute it to the management not having a solid sense of who or what they were looking for and not communicating with new hires what expectations were. Hard to tie this up in a neat bow, but I would say that the experience of working at Kong was pretty depressing on the whole.

2.0
21 Mar 2018

Ineffective scaling with tunnelvision on publishing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Both the San Francisco and Portland offices are located centrally, have nice amenities, are near hubs of public transportation, and offer great views of their respective cities. - Lots of growth opportunities for non-technical careers

Cons

- Crippling scaling issues continue to surface as the company grows thanks to the success of the publishing business - Huge process breakdowns and communication issues across technical teams - Technical teams are overworked, undervalued and largely ignored compared to publishing departments - Regularly sacrifices quality over quantity - Leadership is reactive rather than proactive - Places culture on a pedestal, but it's almost nonexistent outside of longstanding co-worker cliques - People/career development is nearly impossible outside of publishing roles - HR representatives are often rude and treat you as though you can't be trusted

3.0
28 Sept 2015

Growing Pains

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great company culture, caring management, well positioned in the market, good reputation with clients.

Cons

Upper management knows it has managerial issues and has moved at a glacial pace to address them. Poor communication between teams.

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