Blizzard Entertainment reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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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3.0
Mar 11, 2019

Not what it used to be

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Close knit teams. Fun events, good benefits.

Cons

Teams are very siloed - it can be difficult to get anything done across teams. Very immature company in many ways and no one seems to care enough to change. Advancement is shrouded in mystery.

1.0
Nov 7, 2018

Caveat emptor!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Blizzard has some great people, but make certain you do the due diligence before saying yes. The company and its culture are the very definition of infantile grandiosity with an abnormal amount of low-integrity behavior and strange attitudes weaved into its fabric.

Cons

The problems are well known and they are working on maturing, but don’t risk becoming one of the eggs that gets broken so others can enjoy the cake! Save yourself the headache and move down the line, there are better, healthier choices you can make.

5.0
Sep 29, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone from the top to the bottom genuinely cares first and foremost about making great games. No shovelware here, no publishers dictating design to try and catch the latest fad. Great products, successful company, I've had maybe 2 days of crunch in 4 years. It seems like every week we are celebrating someones 10, 15 or 20 years here at Blizzard. People tend to join and never leave. Art, design, and other creative fields are respected much more here compared to other companies (I'm an engineer FWIW). I've seen several problems come up which would be company sinking crises at other studios (I've worked at 7 other game studios, and have seen many layoffs and shutdowns), but here, the ship changed course, smart decisions were made and implemented, and disasters were averted. Pretty amazing.

Cons

The fact that Blizzard has such good employee retention means there are a lot of people with 10,15,20 years of experience who have never worked anywhere else. IMO "fresh blood" from the outside would be helpful to get some things up to modern industry standards.

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