Epic Games reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(493 total reviews)
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Tim Sweeney

42% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Epic Games has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 493 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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493 reviews
5.0
Jan 24, 2023

My best role in the industry yet

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

I am treaded like an adult. I have a lot of freedom to work on things that I see as a priority. Level is not as important as skill. I started as an L2 and was taken seriously by L6+ when I needed to champion something. And I have since been promoted- possibly in part to them seeing me step up. Great pay and benefits. Full remote option is nice. My team is multinational, I wouldn't get as much from being in office as some other teams might.

Cons

It's fast paced. If you are okay with that, then it's maybe not a con. But I suspect a new season every quarter and patches every two weeks on Fortnite is a faster pace than some people want. I have seen directors ask for changes on unrealistic timelines, but not force them through when told it's not possible.

4.0
Jan 18, 2023

Grew Too Fast

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits. Sometimes good work-life balance. Talented coworkers.

Cons

Company grew too fast. Management is top-down and doesn't have a consistent direction.

3.0
Jan 17, 2023

One Bad Apple

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Epic has some great benefits, and some of the most competitive pay in the games industry to date. They want the top talent and they are not afraid to pay for it. The average people working at the company are great to work with. They are passionate for what they do and they are often great at it too. They love to talk about their work and what makes them excited. It was a very large company, but it almost never feels that way. You'll know most of the people who work on your project, even if that's 600 people.

Cons

Epic QA has a real problem in it. When I first started in QA, most forward progress was slow and often difficult due to one tenant of Epic; “Everyone has a voice”, but often forgets when everyone has a voice no one has a voice. Decisions were filibustered to inactivity with no one being able to agree on a path forward. That problem is now made worse with the current department. Progress is completely and totally halted and in some places regressing. We at least knew what the problems were, we just couldn't fix them. In todays Epic, QA has lost what the problems are and most people don't even know how to fix them. Where everyone had a voice, now its direction is dictated by people with the most minimal of understanding and often very thickly covered in sexism and favoritism. Beyond all the favoritism and sexism that runs rampant in the department, get used to the idea of Toxic Positivity, where no one is allowed to have individual thoughts, or emotions without getting punished for them. Education and innovation are punished, people are told to figure things out for themselves, while others have their work hand holded. The hypocrisy and overt favoritism demonstrated daily will make good workers lose their sanity. No decisions survive the day as direction for the department seems to fluctuate by the hour. If you are one of the few people willing to work after hours be prepared to be taken advantage of. If you don't work after hours, there are zero repercussions.

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