Does Epic Games pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Epic Games employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Epic Games. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Epic Games?

59% of Epic Games employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Epic Games 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Epic Games?

Software Engineer (24) , Producer (15) , Software Developer (13) , Game Designer (11) , Production Assistant (9) , Senior Software Engineer (9) , Senior Producer (7) , Artist (6) , Designer (6) , Programmer (6) , Senior Programmer (6) , 3D Artist (5) , Community Manager (5) , Intern (5) , Product Manager (5)

What are the pros of working at Epic Games according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and very well" ((in 89 reviews)); "good pay + quarterly bonus" ((in 35 reviews)); "Epic has a great culture and treats their contractors very well." ((in 27 reviews)); "The team is great" ((in 23 reviews)); "this company provides quality with good salary" ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Epic Games according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership graded heavily on managing up versus doing their job." ((in 23 reviews)); "bad management it can be really chaotic" ((in 20 reviews)); "layoffs are common." ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours and can be stressful" ((in 15 reviews)); "the upper management is an absolute joke and they dont care about their staff" ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Epic Games layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Epic Games locations?

Porto Alegre , São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Imaruí , Chapecó , Manaus , São João del Rei , Belford Roxo

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Epic Games reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(490 total reviews)

Tim Sweeney

42% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

2.8

Senior management

Epic Games has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 490 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Epic Games 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

490 reviews

3.0

Aug 1, 2020

Quality gaming company

Game designer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and a great team to work with

Cons

Felt limited by the constructs of the company's projects

4.0

Jul 25, 2020

Good

Computer programmer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

You work with a cool team, you get free food, you love the work happening.

Cons

It's hard and stressful sometimes.

2.0

May 29, 2020

Rapidly evolving company with severe growing pains & ineffective management layer

Developer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Incredibly bright people, especially in the engineering and art departments. - Highly ambitious in every decision that is made - no shortage of opportunities to make really cool stuff. - Actively defining the future of gaming across a lot of areas. - Bright business outlook longterm. - Tim Sweeney has a strong moral compass and they treat their employees really well - everyone involved with Fortnite made a killing because of Tim's employee-first approach. Benefits and health packages are likely best in the industry.

Cons

- Insane levels of crunch, and an expectation for many employees to be available 24/7 to put out fires. Not staffed well enough to handle live service ambitions and amount of randomization that comes from executive level. - Executives and their favorite employees are entirely immune to feedback from review cycles - even when its coming from the majority of the development team. Employees who identify bad actors which are favorites of management tend to get fired or moved to other projects. - Creative opportunities have shrunk considerably as team has grown and leadership has grown egos. Much of development resourcing is monopolized by massive projects handed down from leadership with short timelines. Very limited iteration cycles because team gets thrown onto the Next Big Thing frequently.

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