Electronic Arts reviews

- EA has some of the worst middle management imaginable. Managers are often promoted based on metrics outside of their actual performance which results in unqualified people making horrible decisions. Most managers I encountered at EA had little to no skill at managing engineers in a way that allowed them to be happy with their jobs. EA should carefully consider the value each manager adds to the organization and if they are actually qualified to do their jobs and promptly remove those who aren't. - Management is often hyper critical, providing almost no positive feedback or acknowledgement when positive events or contributions occur. Any new ideas you may bring to the table will be shot down by your manager and you will be reprimanded for speaking up. EA's top down decision structure makes it impossible for engineers to feel as though they have control in their work or any voice in the organization. - Promotion always feels out of reach. Management will constantly enforce the feeling that you're not performing well even though by all available metrics you are. If you work for EA you should expect to constantly feel as though your job is on the line with every act you make. - Salaries are not competitive given the expected output of an engineer. EA pays engineers well below what they should be paying, and the effects of this are felt though the entire company. EA should pay employees more and make bonuses more frequent to ensure employees are motivated to do quality work. - Employees throughout the company feel burnt out and hate their jobs. This is extraordinarily difficult to work around if you actually enjoy what you do. I found the resounding negativity so draining that I had to start mental health treatment as I found myself depressed.

Don't expect to be heard and don't work too hard as you won't get any promotion no matter how good your stats are. If you want promotions or better benefits, just make friends with managers and become somebody's girlfriend / boyfriend. If you are the clown of the team you will have good chances to be promoted as well. Career development is the most frustrating thing in this place. People getting promotions don't really deserve them, whereas hard-working people with amazing stats don't get anything. At the end, all that frustration only makes you want to leave and the performance goes down as well. No communication from studios so you learn about new issues thanks to the customers. When the issue is resolved, then it's too late and you took a hundred calls already.