Epic Games reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(490 total reviews)
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Tim Sweeney

45% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Epic Games has an employee rating of 3.7 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
1.0
Feb 8, 2020

A complete mess.

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, bonuses, free lunches, dinners and unlimited vacation. The people are very talented and generally well intentioned.

Cons

A horrible work environment. Leadership is extremely unorganized, employees are undervalued and there is an excess of crunch caused only by indecisive leaders. As a creative, don't expect to feel fulfilled working here.

1.0
Jan 21, 2018

Like Lord of the Flies

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Center of technical excellence Respected in the industry

Cons

Chaotic, political atmosphere Constantly-changing priorities and targets

2.0
Mar 30, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Epic has some of the greatest developer minds in the industry and it's an absolute joy to work with them. Benefits and bonuses are nice, but not worth the cost to your health.

Cons

Crunch hours are ridiculous and consistent if you're working on any big, public-facing project. You are always on call. Epic advertises that you have unlimited vacation time (with approval), but good luck getting it approved if you're on a big project. Management moves people around to different teams/projects without asking the employee in question if they want to move. Burnout is rampant. I had a team member who had been working non-stop without a vacation (and on call on the weekends & holidays) through the launch of Fortnite Battle Royale up through the first anniversary of launch. He was so burned out by the end of it that HR dinged him for poor performance and put him on a personal improvement plan -- that did not include a break from all the work. Epic will take everything you have to give and more... and when you're spent and need a break, there's a whole line of people eager to work here and ready to replace you.

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