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 5% 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 198 reviews)); "+ Benefits are great" ((in 126 reviews)); "great team and there are a lot of perks to enjoy" ((in 44 reviews)); "Good work life balance; they actively try to make sure people aren't worked too hard." ((in 37 reviews)); "Great colleagues and passion for the industry" ((in 37 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 105 reviews)); "low salary and hard to be promoted." ((in 44 reviews)); "Most of the have zero management training, no college education, and no leadership qualities whatsoever." ((in 34 reviews)); "Low compensation in an exceptionally high cost of living area and ever rising demands" ((in 31 reviews)); "Upper management is actually brilliant and the best in the business... but those guys kind of walk around campus with their heads in the cloud just waiting to cash in on their golden parachutes, and they act like part of some secret society old boy's club, full of inside jokes and stories that nobody else can ever relate to." ((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 17, 2024

It is what it is

3d character artist

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Passionate and talented coworkers - Daily work is fun and the team balances high quality work with reasonable amounts of feedback - Being able to work on a title I love - Internal change is happening--slowly but surely - It's very rewarding making players happy and contributing to a strong art team - Little to no crunch on my team - Good work-life balance, producers work hard to make sure schedules are flexible

Cons

- It's corporate and all the cons that go with it. It feels like a constant tug of war between developers and c-suite - Bonuses are non-existent - Pay is not competitive at all compared to other AAA studios - Executives say the team is collaborative but behave in a top-down manner - Profit > people, like any AAA studio they will lay off talented people with great reviews and standing

3.0

Sep 15, 2024

Some big ups and some big downs.

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- You'll work alongside industry veterans of an extremely high caliber, on meaningful projects that will be good for developing your skills. - Campus is full of awesome statues, artwork, and other artifacts from Blizzard's long history. There are some really cool places like the library, and dogs are welcome. Fun on-campus events for game launches etc. - Campus cafeteria is subsidised to a pretty good level (though not entirely free), we also have an on-site Starbucks serving custom drinks. - Even after all the company has gone through in the last few years I still felt proud saying that I worked for Blizzard, and it was always very rewarding to be able to show friends and family around the place, give out free WoW time etc. - Some nice small perks since the Microsoft takeover; free Xbox Game Pass, discounts on MS products (both physical and digital), access to the MS employee merchandise store. - 401k match is solid, and health benefits are generous. You get a free collector's edition of every new game, and swag giveaways are not infrequent. - Excellent work/life balance. My manager was happy to let me work remotely for short stretches from my home country when I was visiting family.

Cons

- I joined just before the sexual harassment scandal broke in 2021, and since then it felt like a slow drip of one bad news story after the other until the merger was announced. Having worked so long and hard to get to this company it was extremely demoralising. - You're hardly on poverty wages at Blizzard, but compensation and other perks clearly drag behind the competition, and for a company of this prominence that's simply not good enough. - Hopes that the Microsoft merger would bring more perks and better pay seem to have been misplaced. Little seemed to change for us since the merger was finalised. - Our team was halved overnight in the most recent round of layoffs. This came as a shock as we had had no indication of the game doing poorly or that there was a reason that measures would have to be taken imminently. One moment things seemed okay and the next moment I didn't have a job. - All pros I mentioned about the Irvine HQ are still relevant, however it's clear that the office space is quite old and many facilities really need a facelift (the gym and locker rooms in particular). Seoul and Taipei offices seem newer and a lot more modern, it almost looks more appealing to work there than in HQ. - Orange County can be a difficult place to live in unless the suburban sprawl is something you're happy with.

5.0

Sep 14, 2024

Great Place to Work

Software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work life balance - Really smart, passionate, and engaged coworkers

Cons

- Sometimes bureaucratic and difficult to communicate with other teams within the company

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