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 ((in 14 reviews)); "Disconnected management Ongoing strife with community Pay could be better Outdated pipelines that strangle work" ((in 13 reviews)); "Upper management tends to take rushed decisions every now and then, but I feel like they are actively working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.

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Creative Assembly reviews

3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(210 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

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

3.0

Aug 18, 2017

Comfortable video game development

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits bonuses Quite relaxed for certain teams

Cons

Certain teams are too relaxed and don't want to push boundaries

3.0

Jul 25, 2017

Great, but also very Bad.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company cares about employees alot, HR always organising awesome parties, good holidays. A place where hardwork is rewarded, a good career advancement for hard workers (and hell for slackers), Leads care about their team. Amazing Art department. Passionate employees who go the extra mile. Lots of lovely people, feels like family sometimes. Free breakfast and coffee.

Cons

Outdated mindsets people who worked there 15-20 years and don't really know what they are doing, stubborn people refuse to adapt to better work flows, terrible communication between teams internally and also externally, quality of product always let down by people who aren't invested, no quality control CA will hire people who aren't good but are just experienced, severely low salary compared to industry average. No R&D time between projects which means ancient code that's very limited. Gender inequality (often women are favoured even if a man happens to be more suited). Shaders are always broken.

4.0

Jul 11, 2017

Fun, loyal company to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is a huge range of diversity amongst the staff which is great to see and freedom to be creative and explore possibilities and potentials in a difficult industry. It is a fun and lively place to work, where you can create great memories. Development is encouraged and supported and there are always opportunities for growth within a role.

Cons

The perks of working at the studio are high but the workload expectations can be quite demanding.

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