Great Colleagues, Shame About the Management - Software Engineer Sandbox VR Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Unlimited PTO in principle, along with flexible working hours and a work-from-home policy. - Colleagues are generally friendly and supportive.

Cons

- Although the company offers unlimited PTO, employees may face pressure or questioning from HR when taking extended leave, which makes the policy feel limited in practice. - There is no unused annual leave payout during layoffs because of the unlimited PTO structure. - Senior management lacks clear direction, and decision-making is often inconsistent. Forecasts have been wrong multiple times, and priorities can change very quickly. - Layoffs and headcount freezes happen from time to time, yet there still appears to be unnecessary spending at the leadership level. Some teams also seem to spend carelessly, reflecting weak management and poor financial discipline. - Leadership is very conservative in product strategy. Many games feel like recycled versions of older ideas rather than genuine innovation, while bets on newer titles have also failed to gain much market traction.

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5.0
Apr 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- culture is collaborative, humble, and accountability - benchmarked pay, equity, 401k match, and health benefits - flexible PTO, sick leave, and paid holidays - growth, training, and an annual store leadership conference - modern tools and an AI chatbot to help with operations questions - culture events like march madness, prediction pools, and dungeons and dragons - fun environment, but still very focused on results

Cons

- priorities can evolve quickly - teams expected to stay adaptable - periods where workloads increase or direction changes

4.0
Apr 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, fun environment, love seeing the equipment growth

Cons

Economic balance with hardship of Labor cuts, every year feels like there’s big changes that put pressure on in store employees. Tourist don’t buy upsells so it’s a constant hard sell, personally have given ideas to sell merch for customers but it went nowhere.

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