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      Blizzard Entertainment reviews

      3.6

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,432 total reviews)
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      Johanna Faries

      77% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      Blizzard Entertainment has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,432 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blizzard Entertainment 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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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Jun 4, 2014

      Buddy system overload

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working for Blizzard in Austin has very little perks. The staff is underpaid telling you the benifits and the managers lack most qualifications, but if you are best friends with a manager you are for sure going to move up fast.

      Cons

      Job harassment is constant, some managers lack any skill, buddy system is in full effect there, company is lost (they sent out a how much you really get paid document one year stating peoples benifits were $20k more than what they actually filed for taxes due to free games, in game items, and the holiday party. So people stopped going to the holiday party, stopped claiming the mounts and the company never gave another dime. Also the buddy system is super bad one day everyone is watching youtube while working the next 3 people are fired for watching youtube while working after 5 years there. Nothing is fair, no one is listens in HR and if you raise a concern they fire you for not being in line. I watched some super bad things and sat in some super bad meetings any other company would be sued for.

      4.0
      Jan 20, 2014

      Great company with a few serious problems

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - One of the most stable game companies. - There is room to move up, to a point. - There are some truly talented people here who are awesome to work with. - Pay is great if you're on a game team and you've been at the company for a long time. - It's based in Irvine. Good for the employees that have the pay and like Orange County. - The president is doing a lot of things right. Here are some examples: - He still plays and geeks out over video games. - He trusts game designers to do their jobs. - He actually cares about customer service. - He has actively taken steps to improve employee morale by conducting yearly internal surveys and business plan meetings.

      Cons

      - Worst thing about the company is the cruft that's built up in the employee pool aka the old boys' club. There are some employees that were promoted to key leadership positions that may have been great workers 15 or 20 years ago but are poor leaders. A lot of them don't seem to realize that they were promoted due to tenure and are therefore very egotistical and stubborn. - There is a culture of not admitting you're wrong. Making excuses is not uncommon. The company loses a decent number of employees to this problem. Thankfully, the president himself doesn't seem to do this as much as the rest of the cruft does. - Work/Life balance is practically non-existent. Expect to do as much overtime as they want you to do. - Can't move up if one of the old boys is sitting in your spot. - Pay is disproportionately low for non game team employees (web, QA, battle.net, etc). - It's based in Irvine. Bad for people that don't want to live in Orange County or aren't making the pay.

      1.0
      Jun 26, 2019

      Sinking Ship

      Analyst
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working on cool stuff Twitch and games at work Nice work desk

      Cons

      Nepotism is extreme Incompetent management Constant in fighting between teams Exodus of all talented people

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