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Working At Blizzard
- Working at Activision Blizzard I'm new to this site but I have been looking at the process for a job at Blizzard Entertainment, could anyone provide some tips on the interview process/work balence/culture? The reviews don't look too good on here... #gaming
- Working at Microsoft = Working at Blizzard? My childhood dream was to work at Blizzard, can it finally be possible now with half decent pay?
- Work environment at Blizzard. I’ve got a potential opportunity with Activision Blizzard. Wondering what the work environment is like since Morhaime’s departure and ATVI putting the hammer down. Would appreciate impressions from and current or recent Bliz employees. #culture #officelife #workplace #blizzard #blizzardentertainme
- How is working at Blizzard right now? Since layoffs earlier this year, have work conditions improved? Considering applying but wanted to look into how employees are doing/feeling at blizzard
- Work life at King (Activision Blizzard King) London So Im interviewing for Data Science role at King (Activision Blizzard King) London. Their glassdoor reviews look scary. Can anyone give ne an insight into their culture and compensation. YOE 2 TC 45K #officelife #workplace
- Considering an Offer from Blizzard - is this a mistake? After making it to final rounds with several FAANG companies and missing the mark, my partner is considering an offer from Activision Blizzard. They are quite excited by the opportunity but what I've heard on blind and the news has me worried that they are walking into bad situation. Could any Blizz
- What if Disney bought activision blizzard Saw this theory and starting laughing!! People who work at Activision want to join the happiest place on 🌍? Can’t wait for a call of duty ride! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-02/disney-investor-thinks-company-should-buy-game-maker-activision
- Blizzard attrition It’s unbelievable what is happening with employee attrition right now at Blizzard. My LinkedIn feed is filled with “today is my last day at Blizzard” posts and I receive at least 2-4 “farewell” emails every week. And teams can’t even seem to replace those people lost—recruiting is nowhere to be fou
- Blizzard and the “Blizzard Way” E3 at Facebook here. Just completed an onsite at Blizzard Entertainment. A few of my interviewers mentioned the “Blizzard Way” regarding the culture and how fast things move at Blizzard. One person said it would take 4-6 months to grasp the Blizzard Way and that they generally work at a slower more
- What happens to RSUs if the company is acquired? I work at Activision Blizzard and will have ~60K of unvested RSUs when the MSFT acquisition goes through. What will happen to those after the acquisition? TC: 220K YOE: 5 #activisionblizzard
- Blizzard (NYC) Anyone work at blizzard/Activision in NYC? I used to be at EA and and since then have been looking to re-enter the gaming space. Would love to get an idea of how it is.
- Bonus structure @ blizzard? How does profit sharing / bonus / stock work at Blizzard? Asking for a friend
- link Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan is leaving Blizzard after nearly 20 years with the company Jeff Kaplan, the director of Overwatch, has announced he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment after nearly 20 years with the company. In a personal message, Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard Entertainment after 19 years. You can read his full letter below. Greetings, Overwatch Community,
- "Prestigious" Gaming Companies? Besides EA and Blizzard and maybe Epic Games, are there any other companies you'd consider prestigious or that others in the gaming industry really want to work at?
- Treyarch APM Role Found an open APM role at Treyarch, but i wouldn’t be able to move to LA (would need to stay in the bay area). @Activision fam, do you know if being remote would be possible, or is Treyarch/Activision not favoring remote work moving forward?
- link Activision Blizzard Sued By California Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” culture in which female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employ
- WLB at Roblox Howz wlb at Roblox? I heard great things about the company and TC , but I’m skeptical about gaming domain ( wrt EA, Sony, blizzard etc) and their toxic culture. Can anyone from Roblox comment about the work culture ? #roblox
- vote Stable and big company or smaller gaming studio? Would you prefer working at a bigger company like Blizzard or EA or would you prefer a smaller gaming studio like naughty dog?
- Gaming companies on resume I'm currently interning as a backend dev at Ubisoft and have just accepted an internship offer at Activision Blizzard starting in January (both in Canada). I would like to get into more traditional tech companies in the future. Because of my experience at these two companies, my resume will be hea
- link Web Developer in Game Industry I like my career as a web developer, but I've been losing interest in working at a typical e-commerce company, making websites that I don't have an interest in/passion for. I want to try to break into the game industry but still make use of my skills as a web dev. I'm open to making customer-facing
- Gaming Culture Thoughts on the news announced last night regarding California suing Activision Blizzard? I’m not familiar with the gamedev work culture, but this doesn’t sound good at all. Wonder what’s next for the company….
- Looking for PM Referral at Gaming Companies I'm looking to make the switch to a product manager (PM) role at a gaming company and would appreciate any referrals! My background: - Current product marketing manager (PMM) at Google working closely with PMs, engineering, and UX on a B2C product - Tech consultant at tier 2 firm for few years work
- Why do people who don't work on a game team still work in gaming? I work on a game team at Blizzard so I think I understand why I work there, but given the pay and treatment of non game team people at gaming companies, why don't non-gaming team people just move to FAANG or other tech companies? What's the reason you stay?
- Seeking Blizzard SWE Internship referral Hello everyone, Would anyone be kind enough to give me a referral to a Blizzard SWE internship? I have been interning at Siemens for the last 4 months, and for the last 3 semester have worked as a Math tutor, Computer science tutor, and I am also a TA for two CS classes this semester. Additionally
- Gaming companies: how do you feel about your culture? Lately been feeling a bit unhappy working at blizzard. I want to switch to a different gaming company but wanted to ask how others in the industry felt about their company’s culture. What are some strengths and weaknesses about your company?
- vote Take Activision Blizzard offer? Just got offered a PM role. I currently work at a no-name startup as PM. Current TC: 130K New TC: 135K I have heard that the culture is terrible and that they are going to be acquired by MSFT. However, I want a big name on my resume. Worth taking the offer? #blizzard #blizzardentertainment #activ
- Best Game studios to work for? I'm really struggling to enjoy work at Blizzard right now and wondering what other gaming studios are known to be a good workplace...Don't mind too much about pay, care more about culture and how happy people are there.
- Looking for PM referrals Hello Everyone, I was looking to make a career switch to a company working on products I am more excited about than what I am doing at my current role. I have been working as a PM for the DoD focused on cloud infrastructure and before that I helped build an e-sports tournament platform as well as
- Analytics at Blizzard? What is the analytics org like at Activision Blizzard? Is TC competitive? Was contacted by a recruiter for director of analytics and curious if it is generally a good place to work. I love the products so I’d be willing to take a paycut but don’t want to join a sinking ship. TC 600k
- How is it at Blizzard Entertainment? What is the work culture like? Salary compensation for management position, what is the interview process like? Just trying to get as much info as possible. I have recently applied to FANG companies but I am VERY interested in working at Blizzard. I love their products, the e-sport scene, and it i
- Working in gaming as SWE Is there a significant difference or something that makes being a SWE at a gaming company uniquely different? I'm thinking of switching industries because I think it could be a really fun change, but wondering what some key differences between a company like blizzard or nintendo and Amazon might be
- Joining a gaming company Considering joining a gaming company that’s growing. However I don’t see any gaming companies making it big (hundreds of billions) and staying there for a long period of time. Games eventually lose luster and out of favor, example Blizzard. Given this, what are your thoughts on joining a private ga
- Whats going wrong? I’ve interviewed at google, amazon, blizzard ent, but is not working out. Im 35, been working since 2000 (college drop off, self taught), im a ux design lead with years of experience on dev, visual design, digital marketing... am I selling wrong at the interviews, is it too much exp? Should I take
- Looking for PM Referral at Gaming Companies I'm looking to make the switch to a product manager (PM) role at a gaming company and would appreciate any referrals! Reposting here again after 2 years after I received a lot of help last time but unfortunately did not pass the final round at Riot Games. My background: - Current product marketing
- vote SWE at Game Studio vs Investment Bank? If you got a new grad offer at a game studio like EA or Blizzard and a new grad offer from an investment bank like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan or Morgan Stanley, which one would you rather choose for career growth, wlb, benefits and resume boost? Assume money is very similar. Please comment if you hav
- Which company do you want to talk to here on Blind? I recently saw employees from Palantir, Hulu, and Blizzard. It makes sense that some of the smaller companies won't have a huge presence here, but I'd be curious to see which company isn't here, that should be here. Does it make sense for us to invite friends that work at Zenefits? Slack? Or maybe
- Path to Microsoft Xbox Studios team? Hi blind. I have an offer from Microsoft to work in ODSP as an intern. I have another offer to intern at one of Activision’s studios working on CoD. Ideally, I want to work at a place like Riot or one of the Xbox studios in Microsoft where compensation is great and I get to work on games Would it
- Blizzard SWE internship offer hi everyone, i just received an software engineering internship offer at Blizzard in Irvine, CA for the summer. I wanted to get some insight on how the work culture is there. I also wanted to consider this offer based on if I were to work there full time after the internship and wanted to get insigh
- New Grad Looking for Referral in Austin/San Antonio/Remote I am a recent CS grad that is looking for new grad opportunities as a Software Engineer. I have many projects that have been fully developed and more in the works. Please DM for more info. LC: 100+ GPA: 3.8 YOE: 0 (new grad) Thank you! #referral #newgrad #swe #jobhunt #remote #austin #sananto
- Looking to get into video game design industry with no experience at all Currently, I'm working in biotech in Los Angeles as a process development engineer, but I've decided that I really want to pursue my real passion which is video games. I'd really like to do game design and I was wondering what steps I should take to do this. I already graduated college so I don't qu
- Can any designers help us with referrals? The gf is graduating today from Cal and recently switched from trying to look for SWE fulltime roles to Product Design/UX roles. She had one SWE internship so far at Blizzard but no design internships. I think she's been working on a portfolio and it looks pretty decent. Can any designers here hel
- link Thoughts on Activision/Blizzard as an ex-employee I feel like I am giving my opinion on Blizzard a lot. I'm just going to post my negative tale of woe here in a post. Skip to the bottom for a short summary so you don't read a long winded post from a bitter ex-employee. I want to just point folks to this post in the future. Team: Bnet and Web & Mob
- vote Do you genuinely like the company's games you work for? Almost every person I know that works at Blizzard hates their games. Like, can't stand them. They ALL think OWL is borderline absurd. One of my best friends operates in a "core" role currently at high level and for as long as I can remember he has had a massive hate boner for Blizzard. He just joine
- Do i suck at interviewing or do I lack experience? (Breaking into Tech) Hey everyone! I’ve been trying to get into Tech for the past year, specifically in a product marketing/senior strategy analyst role. (I like the idea of marketing cuz it’s more aligned with what I currently do [and you get to build customer segments and define a customer]) I’ve interviewed at FB,
- Transition from firmware development to game dev I have been working in firmware development field for over 10 years (Microsoft, Apple, AMD). Participated in R&D of many successfull devices and HW components during all stages: from concept to mass production. I really want to work on something else. Something brand new. I’m thinking about game dev
- vote Blizzard vs Startup help me decide please Hi Blind community I need help deciding on two companies. I am a product designer. One is Activision Blizzard and the other is a unicorn startup with a company size of 200. Blizzard has higher TC and they haven't told me about the stock yet but I'm fairly confident the startup may match it. Assuming
- vote Is Gaming roles good for TC? Recently got hired to Xbox at Microsoft. Been drinking the cool aid. Large growth industry, now bigger than music and film industry... Did you know that? Yet I see disparaging remarks of how Gaming is like the entry level McDonalds job particular for game testers. I'm a SWE and I work with some QA
- Referral help appreciated :) Hi Blind community! First post ever (posting from friends account) I'm feeling stuck/miserable in my current job and decided over the holidays to start applying to some jobs to see if there's any opportunities out there that might be a better fit. This will be my first time switching jobs and so I
- Is this normal that Amazon recruiter keeps asking for expected TC before the interview? I got an email from Amazon recruiter for PMT role at Amazon. The recruiter keeps asking for my expected TC even before we begin the interview process as she must know these so that we dont want to waste each others time. I told her I expect a salary for the level and the scope of work. She continues
- From Facebook to Gaming Industry? I am a SWE in Facebook with a Computer Engineering degree. I have been doing backend work for over a year now (mostly Java & Python), and although I am decently entertained by the daily challenges & problem solving, and I enjoy all the social aspects of the job regarding team work, etc. I’m not pass