Working at Playhut in Industry, IL: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Industry, IL Area

"Hostile work environment"

What do you like about working at Playhut?

"Only if you really had to, whole IT department quit in a weeks span."

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

"Wear earplugs and blinders to get along in this company."

What don't you like about working at Playhut?

"Owner/President walks around berating employees, throws temper tantrums like a spoiled little baby when things don't go right. Unreasonable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get AMERICAN management training, not everything is like it is in China!"

"Playhut was a good entry on my resume, but working was like baby sitting, construction, college and polotics all in on nice little chinese based company."

What do you like about working at Playhut?

"They were able to land some of the best technology professionals I have worked with. Horrible attrition rate, no talent retention. Great Web Ops team!"

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

"Keep working on it. Times are tough but talent and solid working ethics will get you noticed."

What don't you like about working at Playhut?

"Everything about my day was micro managed. Research and IA was not recognized. Designs usually started at the prototype phase, building box models and style guides after the fact."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Top down is the American way. Management outside our division only cared about PO's and direct sales numbers. Everything was pushed and sold early which abolished our early users due to poor online experiences. We never developed for the users. Poor business model from the top down."