Blizzard Entertainment Employee Reviews about "work environment"

Pros

Friendly work environment, passionate coworkers, supportive environment.

Cons

Annual review and merit increase structure seriously lacking. Never kept up with cost of living increases, execs received massive salaries/bonuses while regular employees often struggled to make ends meet.

Pros

- Most everyone I've met is incredibly friendly and willing to help. - Good guidance from mentors - Chill work environment, flexibility - Loot, Blizzcon, Good Food

Cons

- Pay is lower than regular software engineering roles outside of games, but this may just be a game industry issue.

Pros

- Passionate people - Super intelligent colleagues - Culture of learning & growing - Relaxed, friendly work environment - Family-friendly with good work-life balance - Stability - Excellent benefits - People have fun while creating fun for others!

Cons

- Compensation is not as competitive as comparable jobs at other companies - Cost of living is high - Large, risk-averse company means that change happens slowly

Pros

- Lots of talent. - Established company with stable work environment. - Focus on iterative process to create high quality games. - A growing emphasis on culture and improvement. - Very supportive of employees. - Approachable group of designers, artists, and managers. (there will always be exceptions, but on a whole) - An involved, professional, and highly productive QA department. :) - Strong core values. - Company-wide events. - Large customer base with great impact.

Cons

- Average pay. - Still suffering growing pains from WoW success. - Not all departments are yet brought up to the employee quality of life level they should be, Customer Support in particular. - Needs more efficient and effective communication between dependent departments.

Pros

It was the best work environment! I worked 3rd shift and we would play games after lunch at work. We would run around the cubicles and try to get a ball past bases that were set up at either end of the office. We are computer geeks so I suppose they wanted us to get some exercise! XD They would bring in food for lunch or dinner when we were in crunch time, free soda, and you get to work for BLIZZARD! Thats a pro in and of itself!

Cons

The pay. It was on the lower end but the perks made up for it, in my mind. I was a temp through Volt for only 9 months. Management did not give ANY direction as to how to be a game master. I struggled with that. I was not sure how to handle certain situations so I would ask my supervisor. This would take up time that I could have been working!

Pros

Passionate, brilliant teams who balance hard work with a fun work environment, lots of perks (gifts, food, swag, events), decent amount of time off, and located close to lots of parks, hiking trails, the beach, etc.

Cons

The department I work in has grown too fast, too quickly. Many of the upper management are new and have brought in sweeping changes without first getting to know the existing culture and employees. I used to feel like a valued member of a talented, close-knit team. Now I feel like a faceless resource to be moved around to promote someone else's agenda. The career advancement is completely opaque to the majority of the employees, and management lacks any apparent will to mentor, lead, or even get to know their employees. In this environment, the goal isn't to stand out and excel, but to do just well enough not to be noticed.