Mafia-style management in the Dublin office - Anonymous employee Activision Employee Review

1.0
Dec 7, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You'll get to meet some cool people and suffer together under some of the worse management you'll ever see.

Cons

* Horrible pay * Toxic blame culture with senior management who love yelling and slamming at desks * Terrible old tooling due to stingy management not willing to spend to modernise their hardware and software infrastructure I still get PTSD flashbacks from this hell years after departure. Worst company I've ever worked for.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Love to work within gaming, office is nice, and analytics function is strong. Company events are a plus, as are perks for games and Microsoft items.

Cons

Annual layoffs, can usually expect 1,000 or more people let go across XGS with a hundred or so from Activision. Work-life balance could be better, and compensation is squarely median or a bit lower for the industry.

3.0
Jul 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good benefits relaxed culture unless you work on game development

Cons

too relaxed if not working directly on the game

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