Sony Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, and other Sony Studios: Comp, Bonuses, Remote Work Options?

Mar 29, 2021 10 Comments

I was curious if anyone has any experience or knowledge of how things are right now at Sony Santa Monica or Naughty Dog? Particularly interested in salary/comp and bonuses, remote work options, and general culture right now? Particularly for Artists but any insight would be appreciated.

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  • Naughty Dog
    weOf88

    Naughty Dog

    weOf88
    For entry-level progs (don't know about artists for sure), you'll get around 100-110k base, annual bonus of around 40% base and shipping bonus of 20% base with each ship. All cash no rsu. So far working from home with no set date of returning to studio. If i were to guess, artist starting pay would be in the 80-100k range with same bonus structure but just a wild guess. No clue about SMS. General culture is a pretty big question heh. In short, work is fun and I've never worked more than 40 hours. Your experience as an artist may be different though.
    Mar 29, 2021 4
    • Tencent
      dr.pepper

      Go to company page Tencent

      dr.pepper
      That's some pretty nice bonus.

      How about mid to senior level devs? do they got larger percentage wise shipping bonus?
      Mar 30, 2021
    • Naughty Dog
      weOf88

      Naughty Dog

      weOf88
      Nope shipping bonus is fixed at 20% of base no matter how much experience you have. You'll get more cash since base will be more but % is fixed.
      Mar 30, 2021
  • Naughty Dog
    SXEh12

    Naughty Dog

    SXEh12
    King Jim is coming after all Sony studios. I believe they have hired him as the hatchet man to get rid of the first party gaming all together. I am not optimistic (I have left Sony when this BS started, didn't want to see it through).
    Mar 30, 2021 2
    • That new Bloomberg article is a little cause for concern, but do you really think naughty Dog could be severely affected in a negative way? I mean they are the crown jewel for Sony it seems.
      Apr 13, 2021
    • Naughty Dog
      SXEh12

      Naughty Dog

      SXEh12
      ND is only valuable as a first party. If Sony switched to PC then ND is too expensive to keep. It might last through this gen, but if there is not going to be a PS6 there is not going to be Naughty Dog.
      Apr 13, 2021
  • Amazon
    nick_goku3

    Go to company page Amazon

    nick_goku3
    Whatever you do, stay away from Naughty dog, personally not a big fan...but I guess there aren't that many studios to work for in LA area
    Apr 17, 2021 1