Is Blizzard Entertainment a good company to work for?

Blizzard Entertainment has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,669 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Blizzard Entertainment to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Blizzard Entertainment have been left by employees working as Test Analyst , Senior Software Engineer I and Program Manager .

Does Blizzard Entertainment pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blizzard Entertainment employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blizzard Entertainment. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blizzard Entertainment?

64% of Blizzard Entertainment employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blizzard Entertainment 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blizzard Entertainment?

Software Engineer (65) , Game Master (64) , Customer Service Representative (40) , Senior Software Engineer (26) , Specialist Game Master (19) , Project Manager (17) , Customer Support Representative (16) , Customer Service (15) , Producer (15) , Test Analyst (15) , Manager (13) , QA Analyst (13) , Designer (12) , Senior Software Engineer I (12) , Program Manager (11)

What are the pros of working at Blizzard Entertainment according to real employee reviews?

"great people you work with at the lower levels but diminishes as you go up the ranks" ((in 197 reviews)); "+ Benefits are great" ((in 128 reviews)); "great team and there are a lot of perks to enjoy" ((in 47 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and talented" ((in 38 reviews)); "Good work life balance; they actively try to make sure people aren't worked too hard." ((in 37 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blizzard Entertainment according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay across the board except for the rare few dozen who are either execs or particularly special/tenured devs." ((in 101 reviews)); "low salary and hard to be promoted." ((in 46 reviews)); "Most of the have zero management training, no college education, and no leadership qualities whatsoever." ((in 31 reviews)); "Low compensation in an exceptionally high cost of living area and ever rising demands" ((in 31 reviews)); "Upper management is actually brilliant and the best in the business... but those guys kind of walk around campus with their heads in the cloud just waiting to cash in on their golden parachutes, and they act like part of some secret society old boy's club, full of inside jokes and stories that nobody else can ever relate to." ((in 26 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blizzard Entertainment layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blizzard Entertainment layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blizzard Entertainment in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Blizzard Entertainment locations?

Irvine , Austin , Los Angeles , Albany , Orange , Santa Monica , San Francisco , New York , Mission Viejo , Seattle , Washington , Burbank , California , Atlanta , Herriman , Gilbert , Tucson , Ann Arbor , Holland , Oklahoma City , Canada , Irvine , Raleigh , Leander , Round Rock , Minneapolis , Nashville , Indianapolis , Aliso Viejo , Anaheim

Blizzard Entertainment reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,432 total reviews)

Johanna Faries

70% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,432 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Oct 13, 2012

A fantastic experience in an amazing company that really helped me develop epic customer service skills

Account and technical services

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- A fantastic environment to work in where the staff are really made to feel valued - As a member of the team, you're completely trusted to get your work done and enjoy the freedom of the internet at the same time - Everything is customer focused and you're given the ability to be as amazing at customer service as you're capable of being - Management, even higher up the chain, are approachable and always willing to help - A position at Blizzard wasn't just like a normal career, you had your role with the company in which you had to fulfill your targets (which were quite high, especially when it came to customer service) but also, they really did their best to make work fun.

Cons

- As far as I'm concerned, there were no cons working for Blizzard Entertainment. It was truly a fantastic place.

4.0

Oct 13, 2012

Great culture but horrible supervisors and job opportunities

Account and technical services tier ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Blizzard has a really relaxed work environment based around the culture of the games they produce. It's very relaxed and everyone there is proud to be a nerd/geek. They offer great health benefits and bonuses and profit sharing to full time employees

Cons

The attendance policies in the Customer Service department is based on a point system. Each time you call out it's three points, and it only takes nine points to get a write up, and twelve to be fired. They do not accept doctors notes to excuse absences, and if you are gone for more than three days in a row you have to apply for FMLA to cover the time you missed or else you risk getting written up or fired. There is also a lot of favoritism that goes on.

4.0

Oct 7, 2012

Great place to work, but Blizzard needs to step it up, to keep up with the rest of the industry.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Make high quality games. Highly challenging for artists. Good people. Ok bonus plan.

Cons

Pay is under scale for rest of industry. As of late, Blizzard name has been somewhat tarnished. Management HEAVY. And I mean HEAVY Almost zero career advancement opportunities. Every voice matters mantra is far from the truth.

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