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Working at Xfire in Menlo Park, CA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Menlo Park, CA Area

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On average, employees in Menlo Park, CA at Xfire give their company a 4.4 rating out of 5.0 based on 2, whereas overall Average Rating of Xfire is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 2 Xfire Review Ratings. The happiest Xfire employees in Menlo Park, CA are Director of ITs submitting an average rating of 4.4 and Web Developers with a rating of 4.0.

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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 2 Xfire Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
5.0
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
5.0
Person You Work For
5.0
Rewards You Receive
4.5
Support You Get
3.0
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.5
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Working at Xfire in Menlo Park, CA: 2 Employee Reviews

Web Developer

"A great company until MTV sold us off."

What do you like about working at Xfire?

"The start-up atmosphere and the great people; Xfire was a gaming company staffed by gamers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I hear the new owners are nice people, but there is only one original employee left there."

What don't you like about working at Xfire?

"MTV / Viacom bought Xfire soon after I began working there, and treated their acquisition as an afterthought."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is probably a bad idea to buy a company for over $100m and then to sell it for less than $1m."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Director of IT

What do you like about working at Xfire?

"Daily challenges would vary from application to firewalling to networking. Kept me on my toes!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure your troubleshooting skills are very good. The staff is very, very small."

What don't you like about working at Xfire?

"Viacom sold Xfire to an tiny organization that lacks leadership."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop letting Developers make direct changes to the production environment."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

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Xfire (2)

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