Epic Games Reviews
Updated 13 Sep 2019
Found 76 reviews
"Great benefits, great food, good management, ability to climb the corporate ladder" (in 10 reviews)
"Great facilities, great perks like loads of different free food every day, language classes, awesome relocation support" (in 6 reviews)
"Decent amount of crunch during certain points in the year" (in 6 reviews)
"Work/Life balance was at times difficult to manage" (in 5 reviews)
"Best company I ever worked for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Epic Games full-time for less than a year
Pros
People are nice, good work place, nice career development, free lunches and dinners everyday, and generous bonus.
Cons
Crunching sometimes and to stay on call if you are on release.
Epic Games2019-09-13"Wonderful"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Epic Games full-time for less than a year
Pros
People centric, sophisticated, top talent, no egos
Cons
Long Hours will be counter effective yo the work life balance
Epic Games2019-07-23- Helpful (6)
"Not worth it"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Epic Games full-time for more than a year
Pros
If you’re male, it may be a fine place to work if you’re single and have no desire for an outside-of-work life.
Cons
It runs like a high school popularity contest. Many people are an embarrassment, but they are kept because they schmooze and play up to the highers’ egos. There are many racist and sexist things said daily at work.
Epic Games2019-07-30 - Helpful (2)
"Happy to do my best."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Epic Games full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
To help workers under stress.
Cons
Running out of coffee beans sometimes toilet paper.
Advice to Management
Stay happy and do your best.
Epic Games2019-07-05 - Helpful (2)
"Just bad"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Epic Games full-time for less than a year
Pros
Literally nothing good to work with this company
Cons
Worst project managers in the history of project managers
Epic Games2019-08-07 - Helpful (6)
"It's a cult, so you'll love it or hate it"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Epic Games full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Best-in-class talent working on world's best technology Amazing, generous employee benefits
Cons
The company is a personality cult. The CEO isn't himself really driving it, but the president obsesses over everything and has created a organization-wide paranoia.
Advice to Management
Relax and enjoy your success. Don't make everyone live in fear.
Epic Games2019-07-10 - Helpful (7)
"Challenging, but fulfilling and lucrative"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Epic Games full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
* Base salary on par or higher than industry standard for roles but in an area with a significantly lower cost of living that most games studios are located. * Wonderful benefits/health care. Best I've seen in my career. Zero out of pocket for basic and most advanced health care. * Company shares in profits with quarterly bonuses. Many of these bonuses have exceed base salary per bonus and when that's not the... case, you're still compensated quite well. * Driven and forward-loooking studio heads who want to keep pushing forward technology and the industry. Epic seems set up for long term success. * Haven't seen mass layoffs for full time employees since I've been here and there doesn't seem to be any threat of this at all. * Family friendly. Lots of families at the studio and Epic takes care of them with additional benefits and activities, which is a nice plus. I've seen Epic go above and beyond to take care of its employees/families on more than one occasion. * While work can be challenging and demanding I haven't personally had any pressure to work exceedingly long hours. The quality of my work (and managing my own time and delivering on time) is more important than how many hours I've spent in the office.
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* The company tends to make quick decisions and quickly change course. This is a strength in a lot of ways, but also means things can be rather hectic and work can be demanding. "Demanding" can be personal pressure to perform or time. This kind of environment probably isn't for everyone (but the compensation seems worth it).
Epic Games2019-05-27 - Helpful (4)
"Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Epic Games full-time for more than a year
Pros
-Some of the best benefits in any industry -Still acts like small company so everyone has a voice -Management acknowledges hard work and shows appreciation -Only the best tech is used here
Cons
-Lots of new people, some teams are dealing with cultural rebalancing -Ever changing products means things happen fast
Advice to Management
I think the endgame is to hire enough so folks have more time to try new things. Keep working toward that.
Epic Games2019-06-03 "Great Place to Work."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Epic Games full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great benefits, great food, good management, ability to climb the corporate ladder.
Cons
Everything was ship-shape and good.
Advice to Management
Keep doing well.
Epic Games2019-05-19- Helpful (3)
"Once in a lifetime opportunity"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Epic Games full-time for less than a year
Pros
It's an experienced games studio run by adults but with new generation talent, best of both worlds. Very player and industry focused. The effort to make other game studios successful and give players better options sometimes hurts our own business, but makes one feel like a part of something bigger. Leadership is honest and hard working, no free riders in management. CEO is a visionary. Strategy is awesome.... Budget is huge but not poorly managed. Culture is informal and open minded, yet has traditional business values that do not make it ego- or personality- driven.
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Extremely messy. Unless you have bullet proof task and project management skills you will get caught up in chaos and struggle to get things done, but rather put out fires most of the time. Due to explosive growth, there has been an influx of raw talent that is untapped and even misled into feeling resources are unlimited, entitlement is high and results expectations are low. This can be frustrating and can... become political to work around.
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Help middle management cope by dividing up work in a clearer way. Up the bar for recruiting, have HR and games design craft involved, at least as sponsors. Don't overreact to reddit, it's just a few vocal players that sometimes are right, often not.
Epic Games2019-05-01