Valve Culture | Comparably
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
156
TOTAL
RATINGS
1110

Valve Company Culture

Valve Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
3.7/5
Valve's Overall Culture is rated B-

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Valve CEO

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Gabe Newell Valve's CEO
Gabe Newell
75 /100

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  • Passionate employees

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  • Very casual uniform

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Valve applied for 15 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Valve has a total of 360 employees

15
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (15 out of 15)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 15)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 15)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 15)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Valve

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15%

Valve currently ranks in the Bottom 15% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Valve

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25%

Valve currently ranks in the Top 25% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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29
eNPS Score
62%Promoters
5%Passives
33%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

Valve is the creator of Steam, the world’s largest online gaming platform. Steam turns any PC or Mac into a gaming powerhouse by providing instant access to a huge library of titles, and by automatically keeping a user’s games completely up to date. With an active user-base of over 75 million, Steam also connects gamers with each other, making it easy to find friends, keep track of each other’s gaming activity, and easily play games together. Since its inception as a service for updating Valve’s own game Counter-Strike, Steam has grown to become a service used world-wide, translated into 26 languages, and with content servers on every continent (save Antarctica, but we’re sure that’s just a matter of time).

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Valve Culture At a Glance

Valve has 360 employees. 156 employees at Valve have reviewed Valve across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 2 days ago.

Overall, the 156 Valve employees give their leadership a grade of C+, or Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Valve are pleased with their total compensation at Valve, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Valve are generally satisfied with their team. 156 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C. The majority believe the meetings at Valve are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Valve believe the environment at Valve is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Valve is extremely fast. About 35% of the employees at Valve work 8 hours or less, while 38% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Valve are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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Valve vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    Activision Blizzard
    71 / 100
  2. 2nd
    Valve
    70 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Twitch
    68 / 100
  4. 4th
    GameSalad
    66 / 100
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Perks & Benefits

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