EA vs Blizzard: which is the better company to work for?

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I’m interested in working in the gaming industry — and I’m wondering which company is a better place to work. From friends I hear EA has better culture — is this true? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

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Uber ihnfhijj

If you have phone, work for Blizzard

Mar 29 12 1
- Goldman Sachs l33tcode
  
  Hahahaha....I see what u did there...😏
  
  Mar 29 1
Microsoft lMQO62

Don’t you guys have phones ???

Mar 29 3 0
Microsoft yyyAaa

I hear Riot is nice. Beware of layoffs in the game industry. Working on games in a large company may not be what you imagine.

Mar 29 2 2
- Riot Games GLHF 🤪
  
  Can confirm that Riot is nice. One downside is that the office is in the Santa Monica area so cost of living is high or you spend a lot of time commuting.
  
  Mar 29 0
- Riot Games Rioter
  
  Riot is nice but don’t be fooled by the culture. Same corporate BS you’d see anywhere else.
  
  Lots of politics and it’s definitely an old boy’s club; hard to go too high up not as an original 100 employee.
  
  Plus bonus structure is not tied very closely to personal performance so little incentive to exceed (cash bonus with very small upside compared to RSUs)
  
  Mar 30 0
EA YesSir01

VeoD26, what's the deal with the "bro"? Have you met a lot of EA employees using that term or what? Been at EA for +8 years, have never hear it.. heard "dude", "man", never "bro"

Mar 29 1 1
- Epic Games / Eng uSko17more
  
  One of your co-workers said "Make gaming great again" on here..
  
  Mar 30 1
Unity VEoD26

Are you a bro? If you can bro-down like Bro Montana, EA is the place for you... bro.

Mar 29 2 0
EA Oook

EA only laid off 350 people. Blizzard laid off more. Plus, EA has Rootbeer rapper in the lobby so is obviously superior. Make Gaming Great Again #teamEA

Mar 29 1 2
- Unity VEoD26
  
  Nice, bro!
  
  Mar 29 0
- EA / Eng Flipbitz
  
  I do enjoy EA, but to be straight on facts, we also laid off a large batch at fire monkies studio this year on top of the 350 Tuesday.
  
  Mar 29 0
Epic Games IAnm45

Epic

Mar 29 1 1
- Epic Games / Eng uSko17more
  
  Can confirm, Epic
  
  Mar 29 0
Activision Blizzard pandawandamore

The internet only recently started hating us. They've always hated EA. If you're down with SoCal then Blizzard is where it's at. Although with all the news lately the morale is kinda on the low side. But we'll bounce back.

Mar 29 0 6
- Activision Blizzard pandawandamore
  
  We had large layoffs last month and 2012.
  
  Mar 29 0
- Epic Games / Eng uSko17more
  
  Epic leans toward hiring contractors to avoid these issues. I think we are 30+% contractor atm so no fear of layoffs. That being said...we are having a really hard time scaling up in a big way.. we are not built internally for hiring at a significant rate
  
  Mar 29 0
- Microsoft yyyAaa
  
  Unionization has been a really hot topic at recent GDCs. Wonder if it will really gain momentum giving these stupid layoffs.
  
  Mar 29 0
- Epic Games / Eng uSko17more
  
  Would love to see tech wide unionization
  
  Mar 30 0
- Activision Blizzard / Project VEjO58
  
  Pretty sure blizzard is not the greatest place to work anymore. The internet is hating on Blizzard for good reasons. It was poor decisions that created our 2018 and early 2019. I don’t think with our new leadership we’re in a better position to be successful for the remainder of 2019. Next few years are going to be rough.
  
  Apr 30 0
Unity VEoD26

In all seriousness, I agree with yyaaa, you should really love games if you're going into the games industry. It's awesome to get the free games, go to industry events, etc. but it can be volatile.

Mar 29 0 4
- Microsoft yyyAaa
  
  Not every game company gets free games but ya that’s a nice bonus if you do. Or work on a large tech company and get paid more to buy your own games :P
  
  Also not every employee is given a chance to go to GDC or E3 or wherever. Only a few lucky ones.
  
  Mar 29 0
- Unity VEoD26
  
  True, I've been very fortunate.
  
  Mar 29 0
- EA / Ops dexw85more
  
  I would actually be interested to know what gaming company doesn’t give their games to their employees for free... That’s pretty much an industry standard perk.
  
  Mar 29 0
- Microsoft yyyAaa
  
  You get a free copy of the game you work on but after working on it for years, you kinda don’t want to play it anymore. Especially sports games. You working st EA, I highly doubt you get free copies of Anthem or Battlefield. You still have to pay (albeit cheap) for them.
  
  Mar 29 0
Bioware / Eng cxHJ62more

If you are super passionate about blizzard games specifically, then Blizzard. EA is bigger and has more opportunities, more studios and locations. Culture at both is generally good.

Apr 25 0 0
Activision Blizzard pandawandamore

Just go with whoever offers you more money

Mar 30 0 0
Zynga hmmpf

I wouldn’t suggest either, but EA over Blizzard for company culture and mobility. You’ll be stuck in boring OC forever at Blizzard, working on the same live games the rest of your life. EA focuses on new and innovative. Activision proper or Sledgehammer would be nice, as would Ubisoft but their small in SF

Mar 30 0 0
Epic Games / Eng uSko17more

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Mar 29 0 0
Microsoft yyyAaa

Just search “EA layoffs 20XX”, you might find news every year...

Mar 29 0 0
EA / Ops dexw85more

It depends on where you live honestly. If you live or want to live in Anaheim go with Blizzard. If you want to live in Redwood Shores, Seattle, Austin or Orlando, work for EA

Mar 29 0 0
EA YesSir01

depends a lot on location and job type... where are you and what do you do?

Mar 29 0 0
Intel / Eng DonaldDD's

Blizzard x1000

They have a good future, EA doesn’t

Mar 29 0 0
New / Consultant Dial 1 now

????

Mar 29 0 0
New / Data tVMh86

i dont get it

Mar 29 0 0

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