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Activision Blizzard

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Activision Blizzard reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(649 total reviews)

50% positive business outlook

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).

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649 reviews
4.0
Jun 8, 2021

Very Good

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- work-life balance - colleagues - flexible working hours

Cons

-no game discounts -pension contribution is low

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Activision Blizzard Response
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Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. Maintaining a work-life balance is important to us, and we are glad you feel supported in that area. We appreciate you sharing your concerns and are always looking at ways to create an engaging work environment and provide employees with an industry-leading experience. Thank you again for your feedback.
3.0
Jun 2, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back (especially when working remotely), easy way to get video game experience on your resume (though don't expect it to be your "way in"), the work itself is pretty straightforward and easy to get the hang of, management seems empathetic and has been making good changes so far, and overtime pay is nice if you're willing to go into a work grind.

Cons

As the title says, very boring, especially if you're already not a big fan of COD or shooters (there's NOT a good chance you'll work on any other title when you're starting out). We've been playing the same game mode all day, almost everyday (usually 50 hours a week, sometimes more) for over a month now, and the game mode wasn't even that fun to start with, let alone the game itself, which is one of the lamest in the series to date IMO. Hopefully that will give you a picture of what the job is like. Your KPI is also the amount of bugs that you've written (they care a bit about quality, but quantity is mostly what they look for). But, It's really hard to find and write new bugs when you've been playing the same game mode everyday, especially when you're competing with almost 50 other people to call out the bugs first. Unless you're a go-getter, love the corporate structure, really want to move up in Activision QA (don't expect to work your way up to a dev job from this position), and/or can, somehow, not get enough of COD, then you won't likely see any major raises or promotions.

1.0
Jun 8, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Work on very good game and for an historical company in the gaming industry.

Cons

Very hierarchical structure, you need to check with an entire line of command if you want to get things done.

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