Electronic Arts Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Nice place to work at. Great place to improve skills in a fast paced environment."

"EA is an excellent place to work, with exciting products and technologies, a fast paced and challenging workload, and brilliant co-workers."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"I enjoyed working on software and talking with the developers."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"I do not like the management system implimented, or the lack pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Mangement should be based on experience and show good leadership ability, not be based on who is friends with who."

"Best experience of my life. It was amazing to be a part of this project"

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The atmosphere of work was amazing. Everyone loved video games and you could talk for hours after work with people who shared the same passion."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Let your passion show, it is a valuable commodity that is not overlooked."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"All the overtime that I couldn't walk away from. The company allowed us to work a normal 40 hour work week, but everyone's dedication to the project kept us there as long as it took."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep treating people the way that they do. Everyone enjoyed being able to voice their ideas and have them heard and used."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The culture and people of the overall company is fantastic."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, do not apply to the service desk department. It's completely different from the rest of the organization."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The new management of the service desk are all from Dell. They want to change the culture 100%."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Observe the culture of the rest of EA. It's not Dell."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"I like the casual aspect of working for EA. I also like how I am provided with all the technology and accomodation I need to complete my job. I appreciate that when we are required to crunch on deadlines, we are provided with food."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Negotiate your terms up front, and get them in writing."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Resources are allocated for what is best for the company, rather than what is best for the individual. Teams are partial to some people, and are rude to others. Development directors are overbearing and love to micro manage. Hours can be long and expectations can be high."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"EA is a global company. There are so many aspects of EA that i'm not qualified to answer that question."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The people, the caliber of product, and the talent. Benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest. If you have passion and you show that you want to learn you will do much better."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"People were laid off. I need more money. Management is a nightmare. The morale is in the crapper."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give people more flexibility, make a different product, hire better people."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Not only did I work with a closely with my day to day team, but I also got to work with different teams on different games."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure your resume and skills stands out among the countless resumes they receive on a daily basis."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Unfortunately, my position was contract only and was not able to be extended."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To offer more benefits such as free access to gyms, seminars and training to contract workers."

"It started out great but sloped down rapidly."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"I had a Great Team that had the freedom to work on several projects at once."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to get into one of the main offices EARS (HQ) or a development studio."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"It felt like the other offices / studios were not all on the same page. That they were trying to discredit the work that our office was producing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember everything that a person has done, not just what they are doing today."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Games. Its a dream job to be able to make video games, learn how to improve them, and keep an eye on what is new in the industry by playing. The talent of the people at EA is remarkable, and their willingness to teach what they know not only about video games but also about life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a fantastic place to learn, and even if you find out it wasn't the perfect fit, just having EA in your resume is an honor."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Processes in big companies are slower than in other companies, but besides that I really enjoyed my time there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think that better communication about the company plans to the different levels of the company."

"Slap-dash work, long hours, high turnover. Need to be young."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Lots of nice treats, comfortable, casual environment. Seems to be typical computer game company environment"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"EA deserves it's popular reputation, for both good and bad things. It's much less structured than your average business environment."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Must do highly complex work at high speed. Don't care about quality, just speed. If you don't meet their bug count metrics, you're out. Long hours, high stress."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More focus on quality, less on rework. Don't lay people off during the peak period. Stop burning people out."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"It was a good job, but I would like to work abroad instead of in India."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Clarify your job details and responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The tasks were challenging and I'd have preferred to have flexi-time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should be transparent and clear the motto of project."

"Fun place to work and a good opportunity to get into the gaming industry."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The company was fun to work at. The people were nice, the building and facilities were amazing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you want to get into gaming, this is a great place to work. Although I only worked at EA very temporarily, if I could get a second chance at it and it made sense in my career path, I would gladly go back."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The gaming industry moves very fast. When a project is reaching a deadline you could be working all night. However, once the project is over, you might have to seek work elsewhere."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wasn't there long enough to see anything that really needed to be changed, but for the most part I would say nothing."

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"The culture of the company and also that video games is a big passion of mine"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It definitely helps to be passionate about games. Culture is a big thing for sure."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"Sometimes office politics gets in the way of progress here"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make effort to ensure that certain teams collaborated more on various projects"

What do you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"good reputation and experience for the employees hired by electronic arts."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"electronic arts is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. good luck with it."

What don't you like about working at Electronic Arts?

"the cheapness of the way the floor is managed. and the negative approach towards employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"encourage workers to do a better job. give tips and advise on regular basis."