Pros
pay was good enough I guess
Kontras
my project got cancelled randomly and management told my team to stop working on it out of the blue, they never told us they had any intention to cancel my game and everything looked fine.
Pros
Unlimited PTO, Good Healthcare Package, Great Developer Partners
Kontras
Freedom Games has the potential to be a good company, The developers you get to work with are great and genuinely want to make great games. However, upper management makes that all but impossible. They put a huge focus on churning out as many games as possible in order to seek out a hit game while barely supporting developers in any meaningful way. They over-promise and under-deliver to developers in almost all facets, and force team members to go along with this charade, with many employees juggling 30+ games to support at a time. Upper management also does not listen to their employees and have massive egos. They believe everything they do is correct and if you do not agree, or say anything to contrary, you are being difficult and will either find yourself on the chopping block or ostracized. In 2023 many people left Freedom Games or were fired. Upper management wants to surround themselves with as many 'yes men' as they can in order to inflate their own egos. Likewise, if anything goes wrong with the company or its approach, they blame the employees instead of taking any responsibility themselves. Many employees were treated poorly, from being gaslit about things to having their job titles scrambled so much they didn't even know what they were supposed to be doing. Overall, this is a terrible company to work for because it is rotted at the top. I worked with many amazing employees who genuinely had a passion for indie games, but were never given the chance to actually do anything positive to support our titles. This company treats indie games like an assembly line. Sign it, do some bare minimum work, and ship it. Rinse and repeat until they hopefully get a big hit that recoups all the costs.
Pros
Health care is very good
Kontras
This is the worst company I have ever worked for and seen conduct business. If I could give them a 0 stars I would. They are highly unethical in the way they conduct business and do not care about their employees and developers and it starts from the top with the CEO and Co-founder. This company has proven to be one of the most challenging professional environments I have encountered, both in terms of it's business practices and leadership. The ethical standards in this organization leave much to be desired, with a conspicuous lack of concern for the well-being and development of its employees and developers. This issue stems from the leadership, particularly CEO and Co-founder, who, in my experience, have displayed extremely poor leadership qualities. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this company to anyone, even my worst adversary. It is evident that the company fails to adequately train, support, or equip its employees for success. Furthermore, the lack of accountability and apparent indifference demonstrated by the narcissistic CEO and coward Co-founder, only exacerbate the challenges within this organization.