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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
4.0
May 15, 2017

Great projects

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- great projects - calm British work culture - no crunch / overtime is voluntary - flat structure - company invests in workshops, lessons, classes, learning materials

Cons

-located in very small town -studio has open space (some people like it) -company prefers to hire interns that always require time to learn -company parties are not that fun (either snobbish or childish)

3.0
Jun 5, 2016

Too corporate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A lot of nice benefits Good work life balance (almost no crunch) Great communication Able to manage struggles amongst employees (good HR) A lot of great people

Cons

Low pay, at least if you are not management Corporate Attitude Management with little understanding of time People with zero talent who are there for sooo long and will definitely never leave A lot of politics involved on getting interesting tasks

2.0
Apr 6, 2016

Growing pains need addressing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some extremely talented employees, typically friendly and relaxed culture. Broadly speaking projects are quite good to work on. Most staff are genuinely nice people.

Cons

Extremely inept senior management who are often actively detrimental to the projects they work on. Many out of touch department leads and managers who have never had to look far outside the bubble of CA for as much as 15-20 years. Visible lack of willingness to admit problems or attempt to improve on these issues. Location is basically a field in the middle of nowhere - probably fine if you're looking for a quiet area, although quite unsuitable for most younger employees I would say. Area has quite high cost of living. Severe brain drain, almost all of the new hires who are strong in their field move on very quickly. Many staff are sub-par in terms of skills and expertise. Career advancement is almost non-existent. Training is almost non-existent.

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