Entertainment industry, the people you meet, highly competant employees.
Cons
Senior management and their egos. How did some of these people get to where they are at anyway? Senior management has lost control of what's really going on with the people who actually do the real work.
Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA (US)
Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA (US)
Doesn't Recommend
No opinion of CEO
Pros
Good pay and great benefits.
Cons
Employees are not valued and seen as numbers. People are moved around internally quite frequently and talented people are often let go even though they are top performers.
Advice to Management
Respect your employees and recognize and retain the individuals that are talented.
Activision
Part of Activision Blizzard"Stable company since video game industry is booming" (in 13 reviews)
"Great people pushing themselves to do their best work and inspire others" (in 14 reviews)
"Zero Work/Life Balance during crunch" (in 18 reviews)
"Long hours including many weekends - poor work life balance" (in 24 reviews)
Employee Review
Employee Review
Helpful (1)
"Bad experience."
Pros
Entertainment industry, the people you meet, highly competant employees.
Cons
Senior management and their egos. How did some of these people get to where they are at anyway? Senior management has lost control of what's really going on with the people who actually do the real work.
Advice to Management
Learn to respect the people that support you.
Activision Response
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Other Employee Reviews
Helpful (3)
"Good place to learn how to do marketing, but can be soul crushing."
Pros
Talented co-workers.
Big marketing budgets.
Strong franchises to work on.
Cons
Very heavy workload.
Extremely hierarchical culture.
Questionable senior management decisions.
Most conservative culture in the industry.
Advice to Management
Let people play games at work once in a while.
Activision Response
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"General review"
Pros
Good pay and great benefits.
Cons
Employees are not valued and seen as numbers. People are moved around internally quite frequently and talented people are often let go even though they are top performers.
Advice to Management
Respect your employees and recognize and retain the individuals that are talented.
Activision Response
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