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Pros
"Blizzard actually wants to give employees a Work-Life balance" (in 35 reviews)
"If you are looking for a work environment to fully 'embrace your inner geek" you don't need to look any further" (in 36 reviews)
Cons
"Expensive cost of living in the surrounding area; the company does subsidize healthy food options in their cafe and vending machines in each building" (in 29 reviews)
"You have to work really hard to exceed expectations which can erode some of the exalted "work-life balance"" (in 19 reviews)
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"Poor management"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOPros
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.
Blizzard Entertainment 2017-06-02 00:35 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Gudreview"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Active participant Less work time space
Cons
Too repeated No trans no holiday
Advice to Management
More redundant
Blizzard Entertainment 2018-08-12 06:47 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great place yo enjoy your work and work on own development!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
* Work related to computers games. What could be better?
* Surrounded by likeminded gamers even or manager level. You are even encouraged to play games.
* Great Core Values,
* Transparency in most processes,
* Listen to their employee opinion. You can really make a difference.
* Lots of investments in your development. Great place to learn and upskill yourself.Cons
* Location. While office itself meets the standards of Blizzard, the quality of life in the town getting worst with each year. If you choose this office, be sure that you hate sunny weather otherwise you might become be very unhappy.
* Cost of life/salary. While they do their best, prices rise in Ireland even faster, and at some point, you might just not have any money left, especially if you are a family person.
* Lack of opportunities in the local office. To be clear - there are lots of opportunities if you are open for relocation to other offices, but otherwise, there are very few opportunities with very tough competition.Advice to Management
* I would really suggest looking into if you would like to keep staying in Cork. It might cost a lot of extra to maintain competitive salaries in the local market.
* Would suggest extending variation of different opportunities within in you Irish office to keep talented people in Blizzard.Blizzard Entertainment 2018-08-09 05:54 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Overall a great place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time
Pros
The best thing about Blizzard is the people—people are passionate, driven, smart and kind. While it's difficult to make such a blanket statement, for the most part it's been true. If you want a place where people are more than coworkers and you get to do what you're passionate about alongside people who are passionate about their areas too.
Cons
It is definitely a place that's very dependent on who you know. While that's easy for some, for others it is not. It is not necessarily a con depending on how you see it, but opportunities are dependent on this—where is it not?
Merit is taken into consideration too but not without your network.Blizzard Entertainment 2018-07-31 13:00 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Promotions are political"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Free games
Two company events per yearCons
Promotions depend almost purely on your social network at the company
Internal mobility is too limitedAdvice to Management
Make promotion requirements more clear and constant across all groups within the company.
Blizzard Entertainment 2018-08-16 19:41 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Not your usual call center (yet)"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Best company culture in the world. Easy to connect with people. Geek ambient. You can be yourself and bleed your passion in your interactions with your customers.
Cons
Extremely controlled in your shift. You sometimes need to ask even to go for the toilet just in case the customers won't be attended.
For non majoritary languages (not English or German) the shift, holidays and career advancements are pretty limited.
New employees have to compensate for the long-tenured low-performing colleagues.Advice to Management
Words don't reflect policies when you say that Customer Support is very valued in the company. It's not. Wages are not competitive and micromanagement is over the roof. Every single Customer Support employee who leaves and keeps working in the Customer Service industry confirms that they get better wages or better work/life balance.
Get rid of the toxic employees and start investing in those who give you real value. Treat your employees well, and this will reflect in how customers are valued.Blizzard Entertainment 2018-07-26 01:39 PDT![Blizzard Entertainment Logo]()
"Senior manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time
Pros
Come if you're Director
Only Director - a Not good benefit to others.Cons
If you're not Director, do not apply for it.
Advice to Management
Do not increase benefit only for Director
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"Good Place to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great place to work. Very satisfied.
Cons
Promotion opportunities seem to be limited.
Blizzard Entertainment 2018-08-13 20:15 PDTHelpful (11)
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"Loyalty means nothing"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Pays well.
Work in game industryCons
Not enough head count for what they want done. Won't hire more people. I did the work of 4 engineers. I temporary left and they said I could come back. In 2 weeks they didn't want me back when I gave them 8 years of my life.
Advice to Management
Hire more engineers.
Blizzard Entertainment 2018-07-18 07:11 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Pretty good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Blizzard Entertainment full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
great atmosphere, fantastic colleagues, easy to connect to people and share ones own interest, very open people
Cons
Shifts are not great for CS people, too much focus on time optimization and little regards to the downsides for the employee. Almost any other departments are pretty solid and flexible on worktimes
Blizzard Entertainment 2018-07-14 05:08 PDT
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