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3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(210 total reviews)

Gareth Edmondson

51% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Creative Assembly has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 210 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Creative Assembly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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210 reviews
1.0
Mar 3, 2026

Not Recommended

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Unfortunately, I struggle to identify meaningful positives. The products and the fan base have strong potential, which makes the internal issues even more disappointing.

Cons

The company culture is deeply problematic. Favoritism and internal politics heavily influence decision-making. Performance evaluations and ratings appear to be adjusted at the discretion of Directors and Heads of departments, often in ways that benefit specific individuals or their close circles. There is a noticeable imbalance in how employees are treated across locations. This creates division rather than collaboration. Many team leads do not effectively fulfill their responsibilities. When issues arise, accountability is often avoided and blame is redirected toward others instead of being addressed constructively. Unfortunately, senior HR leadership does not appear to act as a neutral or stabilizing force. Instead of ensuring fairness and transparency, HR processes often seem influenced by the same internal politics and informal alliances present elsewhere in the organization. This further erodes trust and reinforces a culture where personal relationships outweigh merit. The overall environment feels toxic, with poor leadership practices cascading down to employees. Instead of fostering growth, transparency, and fairness, the culture reinforces hierarchy and personal alliances.

3.0
Jan 21, 2026

Creative? Yes. Unstable? Very.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At present, the active projects are genuinely worthwhile. The teams behind them are passionate, pleasant to collaborate with, and there’s real room to do creative work if you’re proactive about it. The projects themselves are strong and the people are good. If you’re able to tolerate instability, you’ll find yourself working alongside some genuinely great people. Take this however you like. It’s an interesting and sometimes rewarding place to work, but it can also be deeply frustrating. Both things are true at the same time, even if at least the projects are no longer outright bad.

Cons

Give serious thought to whether you want to work at a games company where much of the director-level leadership is effectively incompetent and largely unaware of the consequences of that incompetence. There’s a persistent undercurrent of tension between teams that has never fully disappeared—though it no longer erupts into open conflict. That said, there’s a real risk that this work gets undermined once leadership turns over. The previous directors accomplished very little, and incoming leadership often feels compelled to put their own stamp on things, regardless of what was already working. In general, the workload isn’t excessive. However, the emergence of PIPs suggests that being perceived as out of favor with management can put you in a precarious position. Just be aware that everything can be derailed by a string of poorly grounded decisions, often made by leaders who only grasp the surface of game development—particularly troubling in a grand strategy context, where deep mechanical understanding is essential to avoid disastrous choices.

2.0
Nov 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice colleagues, Good office, Good salary, Opportunity to work on interesting projects / IPs (theoretically). A huge benefit is the ability to work from home.

Cons

There is much to be desired in terms of the organisation of work processes. I would categorise the management staff as insufficiently organised, tending to underestimate the complexity of the product that needs to be produced. Recently, PIP was introduced. Their implementation is extremely incompetent and harmful to the work environment. They are mostly used to punish people who don't necessarily perform poorly. Minimal career advancement options (If any). Outdated tech.

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