Does Bungie pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bungie employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bungie. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bungie?

45% of Bungie employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bungie 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bungie?

Contract Generalist Tester (8) , Software Engineer (5) , Test Lead (5) , 3D Character Artist (4) , 3D Artist (3) , Artist (3) , Generalist Tester (3) , Quality Assurance (3) , Administrative Assistant (2) , Contract Tester (2) , Graphic Designer (2) , Intern (2) , Lead Designer (2) , Principal Character Artist (2) , Producer (2)

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

"Great benefits and lot's of random perks/gifts" ((in 30 reviews)); "Coworkers and leadership were all great people." ((in 28 reviews)); "Amazing culture" ((in 15 reviews)); "Amazing coworkers" ((in 9 reviews)); "The work life balance is great I work 8" ((in 7 reviews))

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

"Poor leadership has sunk the company into the ground." ((in 12 reviews)); "Every other place I have worked had lower pay, longer hours, and would be ready to drop you as soon as the game launched." ((in 9 reviews)); "Upper Management is incredibly tone deaf to anybody below them" ((in 9 reviews)); "Some managers are clearly unsuitable for their positions." ((in 5 reviews)); "We end up with people in Lead positions in charge of a team of 0 or 1." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bungie layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Bungie locations?

Bellevue , Seattle , Chicago , Los Angeles , Kirkland , Redmond , New York , Dallas , Houston , Cincinnati , Lafayette , Renton , Atlanta , Chinatown , South Seattle

Bungie reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(148 total reviews)

Pete Parsons

21% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.3

Senior management

Bungie has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 148 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bungie 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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Reviews by job title

148 reviews

5.0

Nov 26, 2014

A great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly work place environment, good co-workers, good health care, and just an overall good workplace.

Cons

No upward movement in the company, big studio so there is lots of management.

4.0

Oct 28, 2014

Very well ran, self empowers employees to better themselves & great transparency

Qa tester

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing benefits & incentives to get to know the rest of the team - QA is very much respected, a legitimate part of the team & does steer the direction of studio wide developments - Serious advancement opportunities for QA - Great perks and gifts for employees AND spouses/children - Empowers employees to find better ways to be efficient at their job & own tasks - Internal feedback is taken very seriously - Some of the best and most talented people are part of the team - Insight and feedback from the fans and community are taken very seriously

Cons

- Big studio means lot of management so some departments are full of unnecessary bureaucracy - While QA has advancement opportunities, most of those are into the engineering teams. Not everyone in QA wants a career in QA or to become an engineer

2.0

Oct 15, 2014

Some nice perks, but absolutely no effort made to retain talent. Zero ability to move up within the company.

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

~Great health insurance plan ~Passport dining card and gym membership ~Stock options for certain tiers of full time employees ~Overall, direct reports are friendly and knowlegable

Cons

~No upward mobility within the company. They act very encouraging, will even talk at length with you about advancing your career there, then pile on all the responsibility and work involved in a promotion without ever giving a title change or pay bump. ~Upper management is completely out of touch with the lower tier people in their departments, then feels qualified to make decisions on career affecting things such as layoffs and overtime seemingly without ever getting feedback from those supervising the employee and their team directly ~One on one reviews are nonexistent, most times even when performance feedback is explicitly requested ~Overtime for some departments can get completely out of control; for some teams it can get up to 20+ hours a day, 6-7 days a week.

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