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    Electronic Arts Reviews

    Updated 10 December, 2018
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    Pros

    • "Maintains polies of vigorous honesty and healthy work-life balance" (in 104 reviews)

    • "Electronic Arts manages to create a very pleasant work environment despite being one of the largest in the business" (in 145 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Horrible hours (no work life balance)" (in 78 reviews)

    • "Long hours, much overtime, stressful crunch times" (in 84 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (1)

      "Mostly excellent, some teams are backsliding into the bad old ways."

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      Current Employee - Technical Director in Vancouver, BC
      Current Employee - Technical Director in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Large Company, many different projects to work on, good benefits, great campus

      Cons

      Poor management is tolerated. Projects can be cancelled and teams fired.

      Advice to Management

      Watch out for people who are good at talking up, but nothing else.

    2. "Good place to work at"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time

      Pros

      Competitive salary and package
      Working with talented people

      Cons

      Corporate environment with politics

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    3. "Very Good Emplyer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time

      Pros

      Good to their employees, learn a lot, work on challenging problems, work with great people, competitive compensation, economy of scales gives nice perks such as on-site sports that other companies do not have, flexible hours, trust and ability to work from home, good work/life balance.

      Cons

      It can be difficult or politically charged to change things in a large company.

    4. "Experience Designer"

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      Former Employee - Experience Designer in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - Experience Designer in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Electronic Arts full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits, campus ammeneties, and teammates.

      Cons

      Large company with many stakeholders. Can be difficult to get things done.

      Advice to Management

      More transparency

    5. "Software Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time

      Pros

      Great team, great working environment

      Cons

      Management limitation due to a big team

    6. "Rewarding place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time

      Pros

      Great campus and amenities
      Good pay
      Far better work/life balance than many other places

      Cons

      Can end up pigeon-holed
      Groups can become siloed across regional offices
      Entrenched underperformers

    7. "Busywork and underpaid"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      There’s a cafeteria that has decent food

      Cons

      I had nothing to do, I was always being assigned busywork and was underpaid before being laid off

    8. Helpful (3)

      "It depends"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Burnaby, BC
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Burnaby, BC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Electronic Arts full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Your experience at EA completely depends on the team you are working for. Game teams have tight deadlines and they may push you sometimes. Also, some game teams are more democratized than others in terms of allowing you to try new things. For instance, PvZ team is very flexible while FIFA is not.
      The overall culture in EA is better than other tech companies mainly because half of EA employees are artists and not engineers! They get excited with colors rather than numbers!

      Cons

      -The benefits and salaries are mediocre comparing to other giants.
      -It is not easy to switch teams/roles in EA
      -People get promoted by talking a lot (politics)! rather than achieving something

      Advice to Management

      One of the main problems in EA is that managers have no technical knowledge and experience. This is a huge issue when we have conflicts. I personally prefer the organization model of Apple and Google where engineers directly report to a senior td/engineer and there is one DD for budget management, etc.

    9. "Office manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Electronic Arts full-time

      Pros

      Very good work life balance

      Cons

      Montreal not high on corporate proprities

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Excellent place to work"

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      Former Employee - User Experience Research in Vancouver, BC
      Former Employee - User Experience Research in Vancouver, BC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Electronic Arts full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      -I worked at EA 10+ years ago and again recently, and work-life balance on most teams has drastically improved
      -great perks and benefits
      -tons of industry talent to learn from
      -good upwards mobility
      -interesting areas of specialization to move into

      Cons

      -public perception of EA can be a morale killer sometimes, especially if you have a public-facing role

      Advice to Management

      It can be hard to delegate sometimes, especially with so many layers of management, but employees shine when the managers give them a chance :)