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      Electronic Arts

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      Electronic Arts reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,998 total reviews)
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      Andrew Wilson

      64% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

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      Electronic Arts has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,998 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Electronic Arts 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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      4K reviews
      2.0
      Sep 4, 2008

      Electronic Arts, Why work here?

      Lead software tester
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Video game companies are fun to work for, the personal environment is great, with campus cafeteria, gym, movie theater, and soccer field. Team environment is encouraged.

      Cons

      No respect from upper management, dog eat dog is an understatement when it comes to the employee backstabbing to get ahead. Almost impossible to be reclassified into a higher paying position. Guaranteed to be working for more than 60 hours per week, and likely over 100 hours per week during 'crunch' periods, which can last up to six months long. Beware of being shipped to a foreign country to work on a project, only to be kept there for a lot longer than intitially planned (at one point I went to canada for a three week stint, only to remain for almost four months).

      2.0
      Sep 4, 2008

      All the financial benefits of the Games Industry, with the work environment of an accounting firm.

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Electronic Arts is an excellent place to learn how a major software company manages large projects, and gives an opportunity to work on some cutting edge technology and systems. It is definitely a good experience in terms of learning how things are done in the industry and making connections. There is also an excellent facility for sharing research and information between engineers at various studios. It's a good place to get up to speed and build up one's chops, but it varies widely depending on the team and the project.

      Cons

      It's very easy to become lost under the massive corporate overhead. The dense management hierarchy and vast employee base can lead one to feel unnoticed and underappreciated, and there is little opportunity for a talented engineer to move through the ranks quickly. While this is a good place to learn how things *are* done in the industry, it's quite arguable that nothing is done the way it *should* be, and there is a lot of institutional inertia preventing that from changing. EA is a business first and foremost, and while that has helped them become quite a financially successful company, it makes the entire organization rather risk-averse, and so it is one of the least adventurous companies in the industry when it comes to innovation and experimentation with new technology and game designs.

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