Blizzard Entertainment reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)
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70% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Blizzard Entertainment has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,432 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blizzard Entertainment employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 30, 2024

Great work culture

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture within my direct team, onsite amenities are nice

Cons

Teams are very siloed, teams compete with each other, bad leadership making poor decisions, "Blizzard Quality" became a crutch that makes it so you can hold developers accountable for lack of planning, 2 subculture at blizzard - Devs and Everyone Else

3.0
Sep 25, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture, people, play hard work hard environment

Cons

No longer gameplay first, it is now just profit over everything. It used to be the best place to work, but now it prioritizes money and is no longer innovative and fun place to work.

4.0
Sep 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The teams are brilliant, hardworking, collaborative, and just the best people. Emotional intelligence abounds, as does a love for the work and brands. Despite the cons listed, in my time here I had by far the healthiest work environment I’ve experienced in 13+ years in Media.

Cons

Process, training, organization, role definition/expectations, etc. were cloudy, inconsistent, and often misdirected by anxious and distracted leaders. Decisions were made, political strategies happened, and work was delegated to boost the eventual resume and interview fodder of fleeing leadership, and set unsuspecting team members up for the chopping block in their wake. The Microsoft acquisition was a challenge for everyone, as acquisitions always are. We were promised grand things that never came to be by the new, overly-zealous and emotionally removed execs - additional support, job stability, new and challenging projects, Xbox pride and brotherhood, etc. Layoffs then hit in waves, some leadership selfishly made a run for the hills while gaslighting the team. Truth and transparency across the board could’ve empowered the cowardly to handle things differently.

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