Does Electronic Arts pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Electronic Arts employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Electronic Arts. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Electronic Arts?

74% of Electronic Arts employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Electronic Arts 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Electronic Arts?

Software Engineer (310) , QA Tester (128) , Software Engineer II (84) , Game Tester (83) , Senior Software Engineer (70) , Software Engineer III (49) , Development Director (46) , Game Designer (45) , Product Manager (43) , Project Manager (41) , Development Manager (40) , Producer (40) , Software QA Tester (40) , Quality Assurance (36) , Manual QA Tester (35)

What are the pros of working at Electronic Arts according to real employee reviews?

"Testing video games wasn't an overly difficult job and the people I worked with were great." ((in 566 reviews)); "Good benefits (if you manage to become a regular employee which is rare)." ((in 425 reviews)); "Good work life balance (most of the time)" ((in 209 reviews)); "We make a great product and the team here is dedicated to provide the best." ((in 164 reviews)); "Great Facilities (sports and fitness)" ((in 67 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Electronic Arts according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary (you need at least 4 overtime days per month to get a decent pay)" ((in 228 reviews)); "Bad management and lack of proper planning." ((in 199 reviews)); "it was boring and low pay" ((in 165 reviews)); "Some really bad managers which makes it hard to shape your career" ((in 96 reviews)); "Long hours and competitve atmposhere" ((in 80 reviews))

What are employees saying about Electronic Arts layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Electronic Arts locations?

São Paulo , Rio Branco , São José dos Campos , Brasília , Belo Horizonte

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3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(3,998 total reviews)

Andrew Wilson

64% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Aug 22, 2008

Once employed, they wll attempt to take control of your life and force you to become one of their drones.

Game designer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

I can't think of any!

Cons

Poor HR department; contractors not getting paid on time and a general "don't care" attitude. Management changing the goalposts all the time expecting you to work all night and weekends with one day notice regardless of what you may have going on. They like to pretend that they're a great employer, but that's just not true. My time here was the worst employment in my life! Once employed, they wll attempt to take control of your life and force you to become one of their drones. Miserable employees.

4.0

Aug 12, 2008

EA is OK

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

There's a very talented pool of people across all disciplines. I have been at other companies where only the engineers are respected and treated well.

Cons

Work-life balance is getting better but still continues to be a challenge at EA.

2.0

Aug 5, 2008

Don't work for EA until employees start to matter more

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Brillant subject-matter experts are all over the place. Tiburon does a great job of finding talent, but keeping them is a problem. The location is great.. right next to I-4 and across from the RDV Sportsplex. Employee discounts in the company store cannot be beat. Senior Management is very well intentioned, but sometimes falls short when it comes to trickling down initiatives. The studio is very involved in the community and they welcome family and visitors in house for tours. There is a casual attire working environment, which is always nice. The facility is also very well kept and always clean.

Cons

There is an extremely high turn-over rate. There are always way too many managers for every little thing. The sad thing is, the managers are always speaking FOR everyone else, but most of them really don't have a good grasp on the situation... they tend to leave out the Subject Matter Experts. Plus, Managers are really bad about having meetings ABOUT you and not WITH you. So, essentially, a manager can lie on an employee and the employee finds themself trying to recover from an issue that they didn't even know existed. In general, individual contributors are not listened to. There is no Ethics Office (voice of the employee), only HR Dept (voice of the company) and, trust me... HR is not there for the individual employee (at all).

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