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      Electronic Arts reviews

      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (3,993 total reviews)
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      Andrew Wilson

      64% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Electronic Arts has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,993 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
      1.0
      Nov 17, 2010

      Doomed

      Software engineer i
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Can be a great place to work. Working for a large company has many benefits in terms of pooled resources and investments in technologies.

      Cons

      Wow micromanagement galore. Too much management. Lured to EA to work on small project. Fantastic team, then with success came "improvements" I.e. Almost 1 to 1 producers/managers to developers. Truly bizarre. Soon there will be more managers then people doing the work. Lack of respect for people doing the work.

      1.0
      Aug 1, 2019

      They take advantage of you because it's EA

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great facilities, the gym is useful.

      Cons

      Incompetent management who are more concerned about covering their own reputation with their superiors than actual leadership. This workplace attracts people because of their name recognition but this just lets management get away with more employee abuses than most software companies in Vancouver. You will be under-compensated working here, this is just the fact of the matter.

      2.0
      Sep 16, 2018

      The RIght Place for Certain Types of People

      Director
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Reasonable compensation - Not the best in the area or industry, but relatively competitive. - Stability - EA isn't going anywhere. There are periodic, almost cyclic layoffs, but generally, your job is safe.

      Cons

      - Obsessively revenue focused - All decisions are motivated by revenue. Creative, human, culture, etc. take a very distinct back seat to meeting short-term revenue targets. Strategic endeavors will be cancelled or starved to fund short term projects to cover for revenue shortfalls. - Very short term thinking - EA used to be known for long term vision, but it's common now to make decisions based on the next fiscal quarter or the fiscal year at most. Share-holders are the customer. - Minimal investment in new IP - There's very little appetite inside the company to invest in new ideas. Any new concept must be able to guarantee 500 million dollars in revenue to even be considered. - Networking/visibility culture - You need manage your "persona" and make sure that you're sufficiently connected and consistently visible to executives in order to advance. Definitely not a meritocracy.

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