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Sony Interactive Entertainment

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Thought working for Playstation would be fun... - Site Reliability Engineer Sony Interactive Entertainment Employee Review

1.0
Mar 19, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The pay isn't bad, and the on-call does not dominate your time.

Cons

For a video game company, I was expecting an invigorating environment and a great team. Maybe it was just the team(s) I was a part of, but there is no throughline culturally or communicatively; co-workers feel hostile(I only liked about 3 people on the multiple pillars that comprised the team and had to simply tolerate the rest), management is humorless and lead with fear rather than motivation, and overall everyone seems miserable and afraid. I was hired as a junior, but they really just didn't have the budget to afford the specialist they actually wanted. I was promised a learning environment with opportunity for growth. What I got instead was an unfriendly and sometimes rude group of people, led by an exacting yet non-transparent manager. They say that when talking to a manager, you get the feeling they are important. A leader - you get the feeling you are important. This was very much the former. The goalposts for satisfaction of performance change by the day, and you can never catch-up or receive any encouragement for just how much you do. You just seem to always fall short, even when delivering exactly what was discussed. It truly was a toxic work environment and I didn't realize until I left just how bad - and maybe even abusive - it was. I'm so grateful to be free from it.

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5.0
Mar 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Culture is around gaming Really fun environment

Cons

Low full-time conversion rate, so try to stand out as much as you can.

3.0
Apr 19, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture in my department. Positive, supportive, professional. Work life balance has improved. Generally less crunch culture, although overtime hasn't completely disappeared. It happens but in my view the company does seem to be making efforts to avoid crunch as much as possible. Benefits are good.

Cons

Culture depends on the team. It's a big company and sometimes you may work with different departments, studios or teams who aren't supportive or professional. Can take a long time for the company to deal with problematic employees. Decision making from company leadership can be baffling. Limited opportunities for advancement. This has always been true, but it has gotten worse due to the economy and a certain administration. Pay could be better.

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