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      4.1

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (3 total reviews)

      Jo Cooke

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      87% positive business outlook

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      3 reviews
      1.0
      Mar 8, 2015

      Programmer for the Outsider.

      Programmer
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      Pros

      Frontier/Braben has high reputation in the history of gaming. But that reputation leads to a dark side - it entails complacency and arrogance leading to mediocrity in later endeavors.

      Cons

      Overtime day one. CEO was disinterested. Code base was a mess. Lead programmer and senior programmers thought they had achieved perfection - and they had not. Upper management treated employees like factory components. Unlawfully asks its employees to sign restrictive contracts after they have signed employment contracts for the job. Game design is infantile and derivative. The studio is in Cambridge Science Park. If it had been in a town centre it would have been significantly cheaper and more convenient to work there.

      2.0
      Feb 18, 2015

      Gladiator school

      Programmer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Work with clever, enthusiastic people - Lots to do, no downtime, no time to get bored - Fairly flat management - Opportunities to have good work noticed

      Cons

      - Overtime, lack of flexible time management - Paternalistic upper management - Regular redundancies - High employee turnover rate

      5.0
      May 19, 2014

      Great company and very talented people

      Programmer
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      Pros

      Amazing co-workers that are passionate about their job. Great mix of publisher and own IP games worked on. Good pay, a mix of benefits.

      Cons

      Main building needs updating. Lack of chill out areas.

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