NZXT Reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(99 total reviews)

Johnny Hou

74% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

NZXT has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 99 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NZXT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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99 reviews
1.0
27 Feb 2020

You will be disappointed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People who actually do work in this company are fun and nice. Strong game culture.

Cons

-VPs/Directors don't communicate enough with each other. -Always try to hire upper management from outside, instead of promoting internal people. Ironically, they don't often hire good people thru the sloppy interview process. -Upper management just talks and doesn't do stuff, yet takes most of the credit. -Upper management is relatively abusive to their employees. -High turnover rate because of above reasons and many other issues. Employees quit to find a healthier environment.

2.0
1 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Company is growing; they've gone from 30 something employees to over 100 in a few years - Room for internal promotion - CEO is fantastic! He makes it clear he cares about employee morale and opinions. Genuinely nice and approachable guy. - Most coworkers are very friendly and helpful

Cons

I would like to address the other review left yesterday (10/31/19) saying “employees still hold on to the past”. Most of my cons will give context on why we “hold on to the past”. I’m going to say “new upper management” a lot. This refers to senior level managers who have been with the company less than 1.5 years. I am calling them “new” because they were not really here to experience “the past”. - In the past, there was a low level manager that made a stupid mistake and upper management wanted to fire him. The CEO fought his hardest to keep them but ended up helping him find new work. Compare that to new upper management who decide to make a lower manager fire his entire department for “restructuring” purposes but will reassign him to spearhead the transition. The lower manager agrees and fires his department. A few weeks later they let go of that manager for no apparent reason in the middle of the transition, with no replacement. That really set the tone for us. Employees used to be valued, and now we’re treated as expendable. When they say “at will employment” it really is “at will”. - In the past, employees were rewarded for demonstrating our core values. We received gift cards if nominated by our peers. We did this for two years or so. In comes new upper management and we haven’t run this program again. There is no motivation for us to live the core values as our CEO wanted. - In the past we used to receive a lot more benefits. We would get snacks two to three times a week and have a lot of events. Since new upper management stepped in, snacks have been cut completely. There is maybe one event per month if we’re lucky, while we used to get two or three. While these benefits were small, they made employees happy. Cutting them dropped morale and was noticed by a lot of people. It’s pretty clear that whoever wrote that review is in “new upper management”. CEO brings up our low glassdoor ratings and we just so happen to receive a highly positive one on the same day, that low-key bashes the lower level employees complaining? Sorry, but that’s too big of a coincidence. Forgive us for holding onto the past – we were happier back then, had less drama, were valued, and worked harder to help the company however we could. Now most of us are just here to collect a paycheck. I suppose this is typical for the companies you worked in.

1.0
24 Mar 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

NZXT has the following advantages -Is always looking to expand and improve. -Standard stuff like paid time off and sick leave -New events from HR to help relieve stress and hang out with coworkers -The CEO that truly cares about everyone, he treats everyone like family. -Fantastic transparency on company products and new projects. Also very upfront about sales numbers and company growth. -Casual wear in the office, most people here are gamers so it results in a relaxed environment sometimes.

Cons

Sadly this is where the good things end, as they are easily outweighed by the negative issues plaguing this company. -Upper management sets unrealistic expectations of employees. -Upper management is not transparent about changes in departments, constantly at each other's throats as well. Not good at finding compromises -Upper management likes to do the carrot and stick approach. Usually though the reward in the carrot and stick approach is you get to keep your job. -Management is always looking for ways to save money. Hires less people then needed. -Company lacks foresight and is essentially an echo chamber of thoughts. -Heavy nepotism, a large amount of internal hires are friends and family. -High stress environment due to these issues, seen many employees quit to find a healthier environment to work in. -Upper management is relatively abusive to their employees.

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