Is Electronic Arts a good company to work for?

Electronic Arts has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,299 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Electronic Arts to a friend and 50% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Electronic Arts have been left by employees working as Software Engineer(Internship) , Analyst and Intern .

Does Electronic Arts pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Electronic Arts employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Electronic Arts. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Electronic Arts?

73% of Electronic Arts employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Electronic Arts 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Electronic Arts?

Software Engineer (310) , QA Tester (128) , Software Engineer II (84) , Game Tester (83) , Senior Software Engineer (70) , Software Engineer III (49) , Development Director (46) , Game Designer (45) , Product Manager (43) , Development Manager (41) , Project Manager (41) , Producer (40) , Software QA Tester (40) , Manual QA Tester (36) , Quality Assurance (36)

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

"Testing video games wasn't an overly difficult job and the people I worked with were great." ((in 544 reviews)); "Good benefits (if you manage to become a regular employee which is rare)." ((in 426 reviews)); "Good work life balance (most of the time)" ((in 218 reviews)); "We make a great product and the team here is dedicated to provide the best." ((in 147 reviews)); "Work Culture is good and its very friendly." ((in 71 reviews))

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

"Low salary (you need at least 4 overtime days per month to get a decent pay)" ((in 234 reviews)); "Bad management and lack of proper planning." ((in 191 reviews)); "it was boring and low pay" ((in 171 reviews)); "Some really bad managers which makes it hard to shape your career" ((in 90 reviews)); "Long hours and competitve atmposhere" ((in 74 reviews))

What are employees saying about Electronic Arts layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Electronic Arts locations?

Redwood City , Orlando , Austin , Los Angeles , Redwood Shores , Baton Rouge , San Francisco , Seattle , Maitland , Salt Lake City , New York , Sacramento , Fairfax , Chicago , Chatsworth , Playa Vista , Marina del Rey , Pasadena , San Jose , Phoenix , Emeryville , Kirkland , Boston , Atlanta , Detroit , Louisville , Dallas , Houston , Playa del Rey , San Mateo

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Electronic Arts reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(4,002 total reviews)

Andrew Wilson

63% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Electronic Arts has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,002 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Electronic Arts 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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4K reviews

3.0

Nov 24, 2009

A Place to grow but not to bloom.

Software engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is quite easy to move up the ranks and get a lot of experience quickly because of the short production cycles. Overall the procedure for creating the products is extremely refined.

Cons

Working on the same products over and over. Producer try to steer the project in odd directions. Plagued by scrounging for innovation.

4.0

Nov 21, 2009

Looking for VIsion

Animator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Salary and good benefits. Great communication and technology sharing between studios (at the production-level), thanks to efforts of EA's Knowledge-Sharing and Central Tech groups. Good work-life balance.

Cons

Senior Management seems at a loss for how to move forward. We seem to be making one major course correction after another and each time, new companies are purchased and hundreds of existing employees are laid off. Case in point: EA's announcement that it would be laying off 1500 employees came on the same day that they we announced we were spending 300 million dollars to buy Playfish, a company making Facebook games. Among those laid off were employees of studios we'd only acquired a year or two ago. As a result there is a general atmosphere among the employees that they might be let go at any time with little warning, which has been horrible for morale.

3.0

Nov 18, 2009

This was a solid place for me to get my start in the industry.

Assistant producer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Arcade, great facilities, gym membership, smart people, high profile titles, access to nice equipment thanks to EA's bankroll, lots of perks.

Cons

Willingness to grind and burn out employees in order to get games finished. Tight development cycle for almost all in-house games - the sports games are coming out once a year, so it can be tough to finish. It's got a bit of a "frat boy" culture, but that's not a big surprise at a studio that does all sports games.

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