Does Activision Blizzard pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Activision Blizzard employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Activision Blizzard. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Activision Blizzard?

67% of Activision Blizzard employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Activision Blizzard 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Activision Blizzard?

Localization QA Tester (29) , Software Engineer (26) , QA Tester (22) , QA Localization Tester (16) , Quality Assurance (14) , Intern (11) , Software QA Tester (11) , Senior Software Engineer (10) , Director (9) , Project Manager (9) , Vice President (8) , Analyst (7) , Data Scientist (7) , Functional QA Tester (7) , QA Functional Tester (7)

What are the pros of working at Activision Blizzard according to real employee reviews?

"great people good at their craft" ((in 110 reviews)); "Good benefits and PTO" ((in 39 reviews)); "Great vibes and the culture" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good work life balance in London" ((in 30 reviews)); "My team was great." ((in 26 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Activision Blizzard according to real employee reviews?

"low pay compared to similar company" ((in 42 reviews)); "Bad management and the project is un attraction" ((in 32 reviews)); "Layoffs were always imminent due to mismanagement of the company by executives" ((in 23 reviews)); "Sometimes can be stressful and long hours" ((in 21 reviews)); "Leadership has always been and will be a mess." ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Activision Blizzard layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Activision Blizzard layoffs and their outlook for job security at Activision Blizzard in 2026.

Activision Blizzard reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(649 total reviews)

50% positive business outlook

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Activision Blizzard has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 649 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Activision Blizzard employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

649 reviews

5.0

Sep 30, 2016

Intern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company. Great products. Friendly and fun co-workers. Nice merch and game discounts.

Cons

The office space was not amazing, but it was not a big deal.

2.0

Aug 3, 2016

Rough culture in the sales organization. Very combative, lack of trust and collaboration.

Sales manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

HQ in Santa Monica and a cool product portfolio, if you're into video games. Relatively flat and small organizational structure.

Cons

Sales roles were more customer marketing focused vs managing the 4Ps. Very combative culture. Had to fight with customer and fight with internal colleagues.

1.0

Aug 2, 2016

Worst place I have ever worked

Localization tester

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Playing videogames That's it.. If anyone thinks of joining. Think it through really well. You won't be able to save up anything with the salary

Cons

Useless pay. Bad lead. Really bad lead. Bad training. You get the feeling that everyone is amateurs it is ridiculous. Once you are hired, no one gives the slightest thing about you. Long working hours, work at night with no extra pay. Work on weekends is not optional and very likely you will work 6 days a week without getting asked. Would not recommend Activision for my worst enemy I have never felt that used. No benefits whatsoever. Bad pay and no lunch or supper even on late nights No respect.

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