Electronic Arts Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Compensation is commensurate with job expectations. Creativity and thinking outside the norm are encouraged. Strong benefits package and the Redwood Shores campus is very nice with onsite cafe and gym.

Cons – Gamer culture can get a little annoying if you aren't a hard core gamer yourself. There have been a number of reductions in force followed by employee growth followed by more cuts. It can get tiresome looking over your shoulder all the time.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop making expensive acquisitions and investing in trends that fizzle out, (Nintendo Wii, Facebook games) and stick to what the company does well and has a long term future.

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

Current Employee – been working at Electronic Arts as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Nice people to work with - there's creative types, gamer geeks and some genuinely cool people! Execs are mostly pretty down to earth and approachable. I liked the cafe and the "green" campus at Redwood Shores! Seriously good facilities!

Cons – Same old big company bureacracy, and boy... everyone is a contractor! Contractors get treated like sub-humans/Zombies as the analogy goes in Gaming!

Advice to Senior Management – When you ask your middle-managers for advice, take it. And think about taking risks every once in a while, even though the reality is that gamers will still play your games.... but they will also switch if something better comes along!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts full-time

Pros – You will never get bored
The people are amazing - fun & intelligent to work with
The perks/office are awesome
Depending on your job function you will be challenged
Long days/weeks sometimes - not a 9-5 job

Cons – Not a lot of transparency in why things are happening
Not for someone who likes stability in their role or daily schedule
Very young company, so working with inexperienced people can be tough at times

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts as an intern for less than a year

Pros – fun, laid back environment, cool projects

Cons – Can be slow to respond resumes, etc...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Organized work environment, good work life balance and the opportunity to work with large groups on different projects. Often managers are good to work with but it is on a case by case basis.

Cons – Rather political but if you are able to find your niche you will be ok.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great salaries and bonuses. Working at main campus is very nice and has lots of perks. Discounts on games and game consoles a nice perk.

Cons – No real direction. Too many silos. Wastes a lot of money on things that make them feel cool and important instead of on things that would help customers.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't waste money on things that are just for looking cool. Instead spend money of infrastructure and engineers that know what they are doing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great managers, was given a ton of management and experience from day one, awesome culture, great perks (gym, caf), fast paced environment (aka never boring); internship program is awesome--University Relations works really hard to help the interns connect with the company execs and to make sure the interns get the most out of their internships

Cons – none. honestly. the people are friendly, bright, and great to be around. the environment is competitive but in a good way. i cannot think of one bad thing to say.

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

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts

Pros – Great work environment, decent benefit, hours is OK.

Cons – The company can be volatile with the fluctuation of the economy

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great core of people and environment to start with

Cons – different management directions create internal conflicts

Advice to Senior Management – focus more on customer experience and less on bad drm

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Electronic Arts as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Technologically on par with the rest of the IT world. Opportunity to learn new technologies.

Cons – The company pretends to be concerned about customers and customer satisfaction. But they don't care a whole lot. They want your money for crappy games they produce and most of the games are franchise.

I got a very bad manager highly politcal would only step in to take credit for good work when things went sour he would just blame it on all his workers.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to see beyond political game of your managers if you want to survive in Video game industry.

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