Is Electronic Arts a good company to work for?

Electronic Arts has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 5,298 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 51% 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 4% 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) , Project Manager (41) , Development Manager (40) , 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 551 reviews)); "Good benefits (if you manage to become a regular employee which is rare)." ((in 425 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 154 reviews)); "Great Campus with many amenities for fun and play" ((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 183 reviews)); "it was boring and low pay" ((in 167 reviews)); "Some really bad managers which makes it hard to shape your career" ((in 95 reviews)); "Long hours and competitve atmposhere" ((in 73 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

Electronic Arts reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(4,000 total reviews)

Andrew Wilson

63% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Electronic Arts has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,000 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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Oct 23, 2008

Great benefits, but the work environment is toxic.

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salaries are quite good for the game industry and benefits are some of the best amongst Engineering jobs anywhere.

Cons

Excessive layers of management, management lies to you about job performance. Promotions are not given for merit, rather on how friendly you are with the jocks there (the production team). It's just like high school. Furthermore their recruiters are some of the most unprofessional and rude people I've dealt with in my career.

3.0

Oct 16, 2008

Extremely smart people, but very political environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I thought EA had a lot of very smart people. I enjoyed working with many people and learned a lot from them. The facilities were really great and kept up very well. The benefits were also very good.

Cons

The most political place I have ever worked. Most of the promotions in my group were based on the EVP's personal relationship with the employee rather than the actual job performance. Some of the most political leaders are gone now, but the legacy still remains. People were rewarded for bad behavior over and over again.

3.0

Oct 13, 2008

EA is a great place to work if you are willing to grind away and do what it takes to succeed.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people at EA are some of the brightest and most skilled in the industry. It is gratifying to work on a team that is focused on one task to build and ship a game. For the most part, there are no egos, just a push to do what needs to be done. This is in the Sims Division. Other divisions at EA for the most part are inefficient and disfunctional.

Cons

There is definitely a flag waving hierarchy here. If you don't toot your own horn, you will never get anywhere. I have seen the discrepancy in how people are promoted. There are managers that supervise one person. There are engineers who are unqualified yet squeeze thru the cracks because of the difficulty in training and evaluating them. The culture is broken and needs to be fixed.

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Great benefits, but the work environment is toxic.

Extremely smart people, but very political environment

EA is a great place to work if you are willing to grind away and do what it takes to succeed.

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