2.0
19 June 2008
Former employee
Redwood City, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Great pay. Great facilities. Smart people in the trenches, for the most part. Hiring John Riccitiello was a smart move. Keep cleaning up Senior Management, and then clean up Studio Management.
Cons
Bouncing around from boss to boss. If you don't have a champion, you will not succeed. The "drop the bottom 5%" of the company every year process is annoying, especially when you'll hire back worse. Recruiting is AWFUL. Games are unimaginative. Processes are under-invested in. Only time improvements are made is when team/studio is in severe 'pain'. There is no economy of scale at this large company. You'll find that they silo'd everything, and stopped trying to share technology.