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...

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

high talented people, excellent workplace

Cons

projects and processes may be slow sometimes

Pros

Genuinely amazing workplace. I know there are a lot of folks out in social media and reddit who believe Blizzard is "losing its soul" but it can't be further from the truth. Yes, there were some major decisions that happened earlier in the year and quite a few personal friends and colleagues were affected. It hurt, and it still kind of does but that doesn't mean Blizzard isn't still doing what we set out to do. ...

Cons

- Strong focus on games teams means they get almost all the resources they ask for. Some people feel shafted but it doesn't really hinder most other teams as much as it's made out to be. - Management transition - it's never an easy task and most of us are still waiting it out to see how the new team will lead us into the future. I'm optimistic and willing to wait patiently to see what happens. Feels weird but so...

Advice to Management

Maintain what makes Blizzard unique to the rest of the technology and gaming landscape. So far, you've done a great job and I personally still believe in what you're doing. Just don't let us and your community down.

Pros

Great place to work used to be Amazing team to work with Incredible culture

Cons

It has changed a lot since started. Few career opportunity

Pros

#Passion. Everyone there is amazing and Passionate

Cons

Large round of layoffs and mass exodus of senior leadership including the CEO and Founder.

Pros

Working with smart people in the company

Cons

Work-life balance is important, you have to adjust it by yourself

Pros

Fun, geek-friendly culture with great people.

Cons

Low compensation, little career-pathing, impossible personalities. If you're not on a game team you get treated very unfairly and are considered a second-class employee. Working conditions are very tough for employees and a lot of emphasis is placed on making the game teams happy. A lot of the supporting teams have very little career-trajectories, managers just don't seem to bother investing. Everyone also takes...

Advice to Management

Train your managers to invest in people. Make sure managers are always talking about next steps. Also have less people reporting to these people so they can focus on their direct reports. Stop overworking associate employees.