Does Blizzard Entertainment pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blizzard Entertainment employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blizzard Entertainment. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blizzard Entertainment?

64% of Blizzard Entertainment employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blizzard Entertainment 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blizzard Entertainment?

Software Engineer (65) , Game Master (64) , Customer Service Representative (40) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Specialist Game Master (19) , Project Manager (17) , Customer Support Representative (16) , Customer Service (15) , Producer (15) , Test Analyst (15) , Manager (13) , QA Analyst (13) , Designer (12) , Senior Software Engineer I (12) , Program Manager (11)

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

"great people you work with at the lower levels but diminishes as you go up the ranks" ((in 197 reviews)); "+ Benefits are great" ((in 131 reviews)); "great team and there are a lot of perks to enjoy" ((in 44 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and talented" ((in 42 reviews)); "Good work life balance; they actively try to make sure people aren't worked too hard." ((in 36 reviews))

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

"Low pay across the board except for the rare few dozen who are either execs or particularly special/tenured devs." ((in 107 reviews)); "low salary and hard to be promoted." ((in 47 reviews)); "Most of the have zero management training, no college education, and no leadership qualities whatsoever." ((in 32 reviews)); "Low compensation in an exceptionally high cost of living area and ever rising demands" ((in 30 reviews)); "Most of your managers don't really understand growth within the company, or your path for promotion." ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blizzard Entertainment layoffs in 2026?

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

Blizzard Entertainment reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,433 total reviews)

Johanna Faries

70% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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Blizzard Entertainment has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,433 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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Sep 7, 2014

A company who has lost all fire.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

-Decent salary if you are an oldtimer like I am and enjoyed the good raises we got years ago. -Geek and nerd culture -Good material conditions for work

Cons

-Inept middle management -Peter Principle in full: the management's first preoccupation is to make sure able people do NOT get promoted so they can keep on being lazy. -Salaries have stalled since the activision merger -Making it look like you work is actually more important than working. If you know what you are doing, you can get away with very little work. -Stupid and inappropriate metrics. Yes, that 13 year old is going to rate you when you refuse to give him free stuff. -Management is not accountable for their decisions.

1.0

Jun 20, 2014

You better be a company man

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong brand. Own gym. Somewhat stable job.

Cons

If you are a person that wants to make a difference. Are you passionate about your work? Want to create the best art or technology that adds value to the end result. Are you result driven, want to find solutions that works best for the work and company, and not just blindly say yes to obvious bad ideas to people around you just to not appear as someone who would "rock the boat". If you have any of these great qualities, don't work at Blizzard. Its not for you. They like and promote yes man. They don't really want or care about your skills or talents. They just like to appear as they hired top talents from the industry. It looks good for them and serves their egos. But they do not know how to utilize talents. Production on teams are a mess. Its why they waste a lot of money these days. Projects and departments are poorly managed. Its very clicky.

2.0

Feb 22, 2014

Once upon a time it was happy, now it's just ever after

Senior manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

The people themselves are great, the location (so long as you're on a dev team) is pretty good with semi-custom spaces, gym, food, etc.

Cons

Complete lack of accountability the higher one goes; there's exceptions and they end up carrying the entire organization across the board. Support teams are still an after thought; even QA (which is one of the better in the gaming industry) is more like a step child, Customer Support may be closer to a foster child that no one really wants around.

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