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Electronic Arts Employee Reviews about "work environment"
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- "Testing video games wasn't an overly difficult job and the people I worked with were great." (in 437 reviews)
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Return to all Reviews- 4.0Nov 11, 2014Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Great office building with plenty of parking. Excellent benefits package and above average salary structure. Friendly and informal work environment. Lots of very talented people to work with on AAA sports titles. Pretty good work-life balance, even around crunch time thanks to good project management. Days working there would just fly by rather than drag.
Cons
Poorly designed, buggy and archaic processes and workflows that require constant handholding. An uneven mix of backward and cutting edge game technology. Tools tend to be created to support long winded processes than to actually aid creativity and quality. Too much tribal knowledge required as well as either resistance to change or an over keenness to completely redo rather than fix processes. Poor workflow is made worse by overzealous safeguards to protect build stability rather than make tools and processes more robust. Management is competent but too fragmented into different groups to be truly effective. Art is managed under the Artworks group and treated like an external contractor/outsource company rather than a part of the game development team. Little career advancement potential outside of management. Stable headcount, with no competition in the area, means little chance of being hired full time.
- 4.0Feb 7, 2021Game TesterFormer Contractor, less than 1 yearMadrid
Pros
- Great People - Great leaders - Fun and relaxing work environment
Cons
- Mostly project based contracts - Few opportunities for long time employment
- 4.0Mar 3, 2021Quality Assurance TesterFormer Employee, more than 1 yearBaton Rouge, LA
Pros
Very fun and great work environment
Cons
Being confined to your desk for long periods of time.
- 5.0Oct 5, 2023Data EngineerFormer Employee, more than 1 yearBurnaby, BC
Pros
Very friendly and flexible work environment.
Cons
Launch time can be tough.
- 3.0Aug 1, 2019Manual QA TesterCurrent Contractor, more than 1 yearHyderābād
Pros
Work environment is good and friendly
Cons
Salary offered is less and also allowance given is less
- 5.0Dec 2, 2022Software EngineerCurrent Intern, less than 1 yearToronto, ON
Pros
Really fun and exciting work environment.
Cons
They work you pretty hard
- 1.0Apr 23, 2012Anonymous EmployeeFormer EmployeeHyderābād
Pros
Work environment is good and fun
Cons
Pay packages are really bad
1 - 3.0Dec 30, 2018Anonymous ContractorCurrent Contractor
Pros
Good and fun work environment
Cons
Salary and incentives are less for contract employees
- 5.0Mar 7, 2015QA TesterFormer Contractor, less than 1 yearBurnaby, BC
Pros
State of the art work environment and the experience is appreciated by most of the gaming companies
Cons
Long hours mean that work-life balance is sometimes deteriorated
- 5.0Dec 2, 2017Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsRedwood City, CA
Pros
Very flexible and creative work environment. EA works as a loosely coupled entity of different studios around the world. I've had the opportunity to work in many studios with a wide range of games the exposure is amazing
Cons
Career growth might be limited. It really depends on a combination of how well you are doing, how well your product is doing, how well your studio is doing and how well the company is doing. If any of these parameters are sluggish, career growth might take longer
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