Technical Support Specialist (Former Employee), redmond, wa – April 19, 2012
Low wages. No advancement opportunities. They don't care if you have a degree. They laid off 35 people, a lot with 20 years experience without a warn notice.
Associate (Former Employee), North Bend WA – November 21, 2011
Pros: good people in management, decent pay
Cons: unpredictable work schedule
Growing I played games that Nintendo brought out the NES was the first console I ever had and Mario Brothers was the first game I ever played. So it would be any kid's dream to work there, well then reality catches up, I worked at Nintendo through a temp agency (Aerotek) and while they were not poor to work for, they in fact treated me with a ton of – more... decency and respect over the two years I worked there. Your work hours were entirely dependent on the order load coming in, I should make it clear now I worked at one of Nintendo's shipping warehouses. So in the summer which could be called "the off season" you could expect 20 hours or sometimes less a week. "The peak season" the winter you could expect 60+ hours a week, this was not a bad thing but other than expected to work Monday through Friday you could not count on specific days nor for a guarantee for a full eight hours.
This was not a bad thing but there was very little you could build a life around, it would be great for a college student who didn't mind a simple job during the summer or an intense job during the winter but it was not a job to build a life around unless you were to get hired on as a full time employee by Nintendo. – less
