Epic Games reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(490 total reviews)
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Tim Sweeney

42% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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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490 reviews
3.0
Sep 18, 2023

Slowly deteriorating

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-If you are a US employee you have very good benefits such as 100% covered medical insurance. -The entire company has a summer and winter break, guaranteeing 4 weeks off per year, plus additional vacation days (varies per country). -Epic pay is mostly generous, they pay at quite a high market value for most roles. -Work life balance on the people team was reasonable although this can be more difficult if you are not based on the east coast as you are expected to shift your hours in some cases. -I actually believe that Tim is a good person. He offered a lot to the employees during covid and tries to avoid lay offs at all costs.

Cons

There has been a lot of negative change at Epic that has led to management and leadership issues. The company grew drastically in my time there, it was irresponsible and unorganized. Constantly acquiring companies with no reasoning and making mass and rapid hires that led to bonuses being almost none existent for the average employee. All while higher ups are able to retire on their fortunes at very young ages. This also led to a cap on salaries and new hire bonuses. There are severe communication issues from the top down that cause huge delays in decision making and leave employees in the dark for months on end. This has led to a distinct shift in the way middle management treats their employees and on multiple occasions I saw middle managers taking actions to protect themselves at the company rather than doing what is morally right. My manager actively became bias and inappropriate towards the end of my employment (after providing months of feedback). This being the main reason why I left. Being part of the people team I expected there to be morals around diversity, equity and inclusion. The company basically freaked out during the BLM movement and decided they didn't want to get in trouble, so they created a diversity team. The diversity team is a joke, and the person in charge only values making change within their own minority. They push their own agendas regardless of whether it's beneficial to what you are trying to achieve or not. There was also a huge uproar where people left the company over having visible pronouns, which was very upsetting. Overall, it's not the worst company in the world but there is a lot of inequality and internal politics.

1.0
Mar 28, 2023

Epic Fails

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salaries Previously good bonus Decent benefits Some nice people Still some remote working

Cons

What was no doubt an epic place to work and create became too big, too quick. Over the years they have hired egos at the top and has become a dictatorial organisation where people are stuck and afraid to speak the truth. Very much cliques and success has little do do with doing well, much more who you know. Over the past year I have seen numerous colleagues leave of their own accord or suddenly departure without notice. Fortnite is no doubt a successful product that continues to profit. That said the profit went a lot further when we were a 500 person company vs now a 5000 person.

2.0
Nov 22, 2024

Great Company - Terrible Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Snacks in every office Great office spaces Lots of money spent on snacks Those office spaces sure look expensive

Cons

CFO doesn't spend money well CTO doesn't know anything about the platform or technology, he does love to star in movies though! well done him! Technology team spends money on non-existent problems, building platforms that will never be production ready or useful.

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