Blizzard Entertainment reviews

The availability of training and the fairness of management evaluating eligibility for promotion has increased greatly over the years... however, if you are not maintaining your rank in the top 25% and constantly actively seeking to better yourself, you may not have job security, as seen recently with a large percentage of layoffs due to apparent sales /subscription shortages. This job requires a high level of self-motivation and self-management to stay focused and on-task to maintain your productivity and positive attitude when faced with customers who often have un-educated and unrealistic expectations.

- Irvine is boring and lacks culture. It feels like a culture desert. - Career development is seriously problematic at Blizzard. GOOD people can go 5+ years without promotions. Some teams have a silly rule requiring that you first ship a game before you can be promoted. Given the way Blizzard works, you could spend 6 years or 7 years before your game finally ships. - Blizzard's home-grown management lacks the skill and strategic vision to manage an enterprise consisting of 4500 employees in offices around the world. There's a serious lack of capability at the senior technology, senior production, senior operations, senior HR, and executive leadership levels. The one exception may be in creative development. - Blizzard's profit comes almost entirely from one product (WoW) and that product is now 7 years old and is in decline. Career growth opportunities are rare in shrinking companies and unhealthy politics tend to dominate when everyone's fighting for a slice of a shrinking pie.