Do not hope for much - Anonymous employee Wooga Employee Review

2.0
20 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- great office, nice location - free drinks and food in the kitchen - beer Friday - amazing parties - good onboarding process - free devices (MacBook, iPhone) - people are nice, overall

Cons

- your degrees and skills don't matter; if you want to have a good position you just have to be friends with the right people - your degrees and skills don't matter, you will be poorly paid anyways - you better be German if you want to be promoted and have responsibilities - claim they will support you in career development, which is false - no clear company vision - they promise generous compensation when laying you off (because of bad management) but all you get is the legal minimum and nothing is negotiable - company is struggling - as one of the few women in the company be prepared to get too much attention from some men colleagues (especially when they drink too much at parties...) - some game teams are favoured compared to others, leading to team leads to be extremely arrogant - no teleworking

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5.0
23 Aug 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wooga has so earned the Leading Employer award. This puts Wooga among the top 1% of employers in Germany. To all employers out there, take Wooga as an example. Appreciation of employees is so important. Wooga cares about its employees and is hands-on and proactive. I am very happy here at Wooga. Great benefits, very good work environment, great people and really good management staff too. I have the honor to work with the best team ever! Everyone is very supportive and caring. We not only work very well together, but also really well for each other.

Cons

There's just always something to eat at Wooga. Fortunately, USC is supported by Wooga, so you have a chance to work off the calories.

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5.0
4 Oct 2015
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Wooga has work life balance down, which is unusual for a game company. Deadlines will generally be moved before crazy crunch hours are expected. Plenty of vacation days and when you are on vacation no one expects you to be working at the same time. Friendly employees from all around the world. Big enough to be stable, but small enough for good communication, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy.

Cons

Pay wasn't great as an intern, $800 euros per month. While Wooga is very diverse with regards to country of origin, like many tech companies there is still some lack of diversity when it comes to women, people of color, etc. It isn't a hostile environment by any stretch, but for a company that makes games with women included in their target audiences, there are surprisingly few female programmers and game designers.

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