Electronic Arts (EA) Remote Stance
Can anyone at EA attest to their remote stance, especially for devops/build management positions? I want to apply but don’t live on east coast.
Can't speak to EU or all studios, but I work at Redwood Shores and my understanding is that it's a case by case basis (think its up to the manager), but as a PM everyone but 1 person on my team is fully remote.
You supposedly need to live within 100km of an office location but if your manager okays full remote then there’s usually no problem.
There’s no requirement to be near a studio.
Ah I’m in a central org so maybe it’s different for us
Depends on the team and city. Full remote is officially supported for most locations, but requires manager approval. There's no requirement to be within commuting distance of an office. Just be clear about what you want in the hiring process.
The policy has it up to your manager/VP to set that policy. I’m saying yes to anyone that asks, and have carte Blanche VP approval to do so. You can absolutely ask. The VP of that org has been letting anyone who asks go remote. You can work from anywhere EA has a legal entity that can pay you, though EA does adjust salaries based on location.
Can you help me understand why in 2022 origin is still not updated for high DPI? Their dpi scaling mode just zooms in the UI and it looks pixelated. It’s insane to me that no one at that company has enough passion to call that out.
Question to those that work with consoles, they allow you to take the dev kit home?
Yes, if it makes sense. There are strict rules for using it and guidelines for securing it when not in use as well as guidelines from the dev kit manufacturer. Also depends on your remote setup.
Usually you can remote into a devkit, depends on the studio size. Like EA said, the Dev kit manufacturer will have their own contractual rules about the security and physical location of the box
Why would you waste your life by getting into EA?
they’re creating the latest in micro transaction technology
It’s in the game 💪🏼😤
Does this have anything to do with the launch of 2042?
Haha this game is so trash. 😂😂
As a battlefield fan for over a decade + I don’t know what happened. 😔 Maybe it had to do with WFH?
A close friend of mine works for EA and they are highly insistent on RTO.
Really depends on the team. EA isn’t pushing down any strict rto.
Not getting the push for RTO here, there’s been a lot of discussion about how we want to work moving forward and discussing with individual managers about what that means. Been pretty good from my perspective.
Ay Sims5 when????
What's RTO?
Oy, glad I left.