Blizzard Entertainment reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,433 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 1,433 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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4.0
Feb 16, 2011

Blizzard culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The bonuses and loot are great. The healthcare is amazing. the culture is a lot of fun

Cons

The culture is being replaced by corp. The chance of you getting off the front lines is almost non existent. Do not work here if you have plans of going anywhere. If you need a job thats fun and its all you care about then work in the customer service part of blizz, it is the best for that

5.0
Jan 14, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very nice people all around, virtually no politics(at least in cinematics dept.) great job security, good profit sharing program, good visa support, sense of pride in terms of quality of work.

Cons

relatively low base salary, healthcare benefit could be better.

1.0
Nov 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Fantastic medical benefits (same ones the dev gets) -Casual dress code -Free games upon releases -Free subscriptions to Blizzard games

Cons

-Huge disconnect between customer service and development in CA. The higher ups are always stunned to hear how angry or disgruntled the CS department employees are. This is due to the fact that CS management does not honestly tell them how bad things are, they hide it and you suffer for it. -No chance for growth unless you started when the Austin branch opened. It's very buddy buddy so you will see certain individuals gain promotion after promotion while you sit there stagnant even after doing everyhting asked of you and more. -The pay is still a joke after several company wide raises. Similair jobs in Austin pay almost twice the amount. The company things simply by working for Blizzard you will want to stay because they make good games. -Constant delays on promotions due to inept planning. You will be strung along for months hoping to get a promotion you deserved a year ago. -No feasable way to move to the development side of the company unless you get experience in another company. -90% of the managers are inept. They may have been great Game Masters but they are terrible leaders and are only out for themselves. No accountability at all for management. They will still be there till the end of time because once you get that management job, the only way to lose that position is through another promotion.

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