Does Creative Assembly pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Creative Assembly employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Creative Assembly. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Creative Assembly?

54% of Creative Assembly employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Creative Assembly 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Creative Assembly?

Artist (8) , Programmer (8) , Game Designer (7) , QA Technician (7) , Animator (5) , Designer (5) , Cinematic Artist (3) , Developer (3) , Environment Artist (3) , Gameplay Programmer (3) , Senior Technical Artist (3) , Software Engineer (3) , 3D Artist (2) , AI Programmer (2) , Automation Engineer (2)

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

"Great people in (local) leadership" ((in 35 reviews)); "Good benefits overall" ((in 21 reviews)); "Good work life balance (almost no crunch)" ((in 10 reviews)); "Free breakfast and coffee." ((in 9 reviews)); "Annual bonus" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"salary is low for southern UK for almost every team." ((in 20 reviews)); "salaries are low and senior leadership have some very strange ideas about how to make a game." ((in 14 reviews)); "Disconnected management Ongoing strife with community Pay could be better Outdated pipelines that strangle work" ((in 13 reviews)); "Upper management tends to take rushed decisions every now and then, but I feel like they are actively working towards fixing this problem." ((in 7 reviews)); "Even after the layoffs it's still bloated with far too many people who either don't know how to or don't care about doing their jobs properly." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Creative Assembly layoffs in 2026?

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

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly reviews

3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Gareth Edmondson

51% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Reviews by job title

21 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

Return to all reviews

3.0

Aug 21, 2025

Good for starting career point

Ui/ux designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly staff Good office, but situated too far away from the city centre. Great colleagues

Cons

A bit disorganised in terms of processes and work practices. Very often, assignments arrive pre-graded by someone else, and their evaluations are unrealistic. A percentage of the senior staff are not very experienced in leading people (unfortunately, I have not seen a trend of improvement in this regard). Salaries are a bit lower. Bonuses are completely random.

4.0

Apr 7, 2025

Great stability and a balanced work-life culture with an outdated tech stack

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- CA has a great culture which truly puts people first. The benefits package is pretty good, there's no overtime and the pipelines aren't taxing. - Most of the people are friendly and with high empathy making for a positive and supportive environment. - If working on grand strategy games is your passion, there isn't a better place in terms of work-life balance.

Cons

- Bonuses tied to annual company revenues which in a year with no big release can be relatively low. - Pretty outdated tech stack with heavy reliance on internal tools, some of which are over 10-15 years old and very irritating to work with.

5.0

Aug 15, 2024

Great Company

Technical game designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best company i've worked on. A whole lot of very talented people, that genuinely care about their project. Very healthy work life balance (shipped a title without a single day of crunch). Very well crafted pipelines. Great people in (local) leadership

Cons

Salaries are a bit on the lower side. Whenever management notices an issue, they do have a tendency to jump the gun on a solution, rather taking the time looking for a better approaches.

Viewing 4 - 6 of 21 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Apple

4.2★Compensation & Benefits

Intel Corporation

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Qualcomm

4.0★Compensation & Benefits

Honeywell Technologies

4.0★Compensation & Benefits

Creative Assembly reviews FAQs

Reviews Creative Assembly reviews

Creative Assembly

Creative Assembly reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Reviews about "Compensation"

Good for starting career point

Great stability and a balanced work-life culture with an outdated tech stack

Great Company

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Creative Assembly reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Creative Assembly reviews FAQs