Blizzard Entertainment Reviews

Pros

- great team environment and amazing co-workers

Cons

none that i can think of atm

Pros

Really passionate staff, who are all friendly and easy to talk with. Some of the products are the best in the business and they care about the fans.

Cons

Seems like a small company pretending to be big (even though they are big). Really poor HR policies (were there any?). Quite shambolic when it came to managing international operations, seems to be every territory for itself which leads to some unhealthy fiefdoms. Depends on the management for your territory and can I only say I had the worst boss in my entire career there and didn't appear to be any recourse for... his actions.

Advice to Management

Look at your leaders performance and behave more like a professional company. Look beyond the game teams with regards to culture, it's a big organisation and not everyone is a developer. It takes massive support to launch and maintain the games but it seems only the game teams (maybe HQ staff) are looked after.

Pros

Company culture Nice & kind people

Cons

Salary Take too much time on decision making

Advice to Management

Take care of your crew

Pros

Great work environment. Benefits were also very good for me.

Cons

Didn't have a lot of room for growth.

Pros

They make some of the best games in the world with some of the most talented people in the world.

Cons

The development of games can take a long time. While most of this can be attributed to a commitment to a high quality game experience, things would be more efficient if our development methods were more modern and if employees got out of the mentality that we have unlimited budget and time to make things.

Pros

The people are amazing. The product speaks for itself. Well done Dev Teams.

Cons

Company is going through a whole lotta churn.

Advice to Management

Get aligned quicker.

Pros

Incredibly creative and fun-loving co-workers Excellent benefits and amenities Working on the greatest games and IPs in the industry More emphasis on quality and doing what is right for players than profits Working on and at BlizzCon is incredible

Cons

Crunch times can be fun but also cause burnout Attention to detail can look like bureaucracy and unnecessary slowdowns in some cases, requiring extra effort as with any large company They seem to rarely fire the rare person who is chronically not meeting expectations, and then layoff a bunch of people at once Lots of people don't get paid super well compared to other companies or industries, though benefits were... pretty solid

Pros

Fun place to work, love all the video gaming, possibilities to advance

Cons

Everyone is a contractor, no benefits, unbalanced environment, not diverse