Electronic Arts Reviews

I worked at Electronic Arts as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Exceptionally talented workforce; relaxed environment; cutting edge projects; numerous on-site amenities; solid middle management; plenty of passion.

Cons – Hiring practices make it difficult to transition from contract to full-time; "second class" status as a contractor, including contractor email address and different colored badge, limited access to benefits, exclusion from events; reactionary upper management practices; constantly shifting internal structure; resistance to transparency.

Advice to Senior Management – Teams can't gel and develop if contractors are constantly being cycled in and out of the system. Focus on hiring a few, really solid full-time people to drive your projects. You'll get far more out of it in the long run.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – sometimes it is fun.. some of the people are cool.

Cons – pay isn't the best, you are often unappreciated, morale can be poor, lots of crunch time, no room for advancement on many teams, often very un-fun, management plays favorites a lot, not much consistent or direct guidance/vision given (i.e. poor management)

Advice to Senior Management – management and HR is often pretty unhelpful in protecting anyone beneath them. it's quite common-place to see very uncool things be swept under the rug... this really shouldn't go on any longer. also people need to be given raises/promotions more often for good work. i have not seen much of this on a fair playing field in years. this really sullies people's motivation.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice people to work with

Cons – Not enough engineering to fix issues or update the site.

Advice to Senior Management – There are too many goals, and upper management needs to prioritize them. Also, fix what's broken first before working on new things.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Arts as an intern for less than a year

Pros – great work/life balance, good management who takes acknowledgment in their employees

Cons – None that I honestly saw. The internship is unpaid but I was expecting that.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – There are many talented people to work with. Some of the projects are interesting.

Cons – Weak compensation, few 'perks', crappy, run-down building, sweat-shop mentality.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1) Great Talent at the lower level
2) Latest and Greatest of the technologies
3) CXO leadership is good.

Cons – 1) Too Political an environment
2) Not a great place if you want to grow up the chain.
3) Decision is consensus driven.

Advice to Senior Management – 1) Make the leadership at lower levels accountable and support them.
2) Decisions should be made at the speed of thought
3) Remember, employees are your IP. Treat them like that.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Electronic Arts for more than 7 years

Pros – Ability to get the right resources for your project is there if you are a favored project. You don't have "startup" issues like "will I get a paycheck". A fair amount of job security depending on what job you hold. This doesn't include jobs with high amounts of churn like QA spots.

Cons – You aren't a startup, everything moves at a glacial pace. Getting things done takes 10 meetings with 20 different people. God forbid your project stops being an important project, then things move even slower.

Advice to Senior Management – Get the bureaucracy and redtape out of the way of employees. Get rid of the current upper management. They really are clueless. When you tell your employees the problem with the stock price is that "Analysts just don't understand what we are doing", that is called bullsh*t

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good benefits. Good focus on work-life balance.

Cons – Not a lot of room for creative growth. Inertia of status quo pushes back agains innovation. Salary and bonuses were underwhelming.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good benefits. Generally good people to work with. Very relaxed work environment. Being on a good team is a very rewarding experience.

Cons – Substandard tools. Very little in the way of training or personal development. Poor stock performance. Promising projects are often overlooked or poorly managed.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the employees. Stop taking people away from proven projects to finish the "next big thing".

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than a year

Pros – Money and benefits were good

Cons – Too far away and demanding management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend