Great Benefits but less pay, less title recognition, slow upwards mobility, slow to innovate - Test Engineer Bungie Employee Review

3.0
Nov 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Bungie has great health, PTO, 401k and other benefits. Great presence and visibility of leadership and studio direction Review cycles that are in depth and fair

Cons

Really low pay for industry standards and your actual workload Bungie starts people much lower than is acceptable (senior levels coming in as midlevel, midlevel coming in as contract, etc) Upwards mobility is very slow unless you leave the studio and come back or hop on to another team/discipline at a possible pay cut. Tools are internal and horribly archaic. Studio is slow to innovate systems and has a hard time convincing some to move forward.

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5.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

Good work environment and friendly co-workers

Cons

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3.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

The people are what made working at Bungie amazing, a lot of very smart & talented people.

Cons

A massive talent drain over the past three rounds of layoffs. Lots of fumbled bets by past leadership that lasted long after they left. The benefits used to be stellar but got reduced year over year after Sony acquisition due to 'belt tightening' & aligning to Sonys benefits. Future is very questionable for the studio.

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