Recently, Carbine Studios lost 60 employees, as part of restructuring by the developer’s owner, NCSoft. In a few days’ time, reviews for the studio have started piling on Glassdoor, presumably including some of those 60 who lost their jobs, and things are not looking good for Carbine.
The reviews generally tell the same story; Carbine has good IP, talented developers, and even a good company culture going for it. However, management has undermined their worker’s best efforts, by paying low wages, pointing fingers at devs when things turn bad, and a general lack of transparency.
Some employees also suspect a glass ceiling, as some of the developers the company hired from Blizzard and other competitors made their way up the promotions ladder, while no such promotions occurred internally. There are even allegations that management generally do not know what they are doing, and have been given too much leeway lacking accountability.
We have covered WildStar extensively at GameRanx, including a one month later review. Unfortunately, the game has hit snags reaching benchmarks and consistently getting content out for fans. These Glassdoor reviews put all of this in perspective.
