Activision Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Activision Gaming Company, great place to work."

"OK place to work."

"A great start to a burgeoning career."

What do you like about working at Activision?

"It was a dream job and they had break compensations."

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

"Follow DIRECTIONS"

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"Project based"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't put me on on-call"

"I wasn't there very long, but wasn't impressed."

"Overall, Activision was an enjoyable place to work."

"QA is a fun job I really love it but it comes with no job security"

What do you like about working at Activision?

"The team inspired environment was excellent. Not only was it fun to work on video games but the people were great as well."

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

"sure. It's usually a group interview and they give you a pre alpha build to test. Stay sharp and pay attention and you'll pass the interview."

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"As mentioned the job security is very fragile. Once a project is over you are worried if there will be another one available to you. Sooner or later there isn't one and you are let go."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I understand it's a temp position but I saw workers with educations and talents tossed aside when the projects were through. There was hardly any scouting for potential futures within the temp pool."

"Activision was fun in the early days of my career. But it didn't pay well."

What do you like about working at Activision?

"This is Activision video games. Not Activision-Volt. Video game company. Need I say more"

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"Pay scale. Hey, I was in college. Grunt work but a fun place to work."

"Activision were mean and cheap with first generation programmers that resurrected company"

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

"Beward cheap managers profiting off your toil. Video game-playing is not a benefit."

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"Low compensation, uncompensated overtime required (about 20 hours per week), no benefits, then, after success of first generation video game, didn't give long overdue raises nor benefits to programmers, instead brought in inexperienced Software Engineering Manager with benefits"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of your own software engineers before moonlighting as President of Southern Califonria Association of Software Engineers"

"Great place to get started in the industry."

"Great opportunity"

What do you like about working at Activision?

"Personable people / good company"

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"Long hours (its the industry, not necessaryily Activision)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep making great games that sell!"

What do you like about working at Activision?

"It was a game developer!!!"

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

"Show passion."

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"IT became a game distribution company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make great games!"

"Great way to make your break into the video game industry"

What do you like about working at Activision?

"Fun working environment. Great way to get started in the video gaming industry."

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

"Have a passion for Video Games."

What don't you like about working at Activision?

"Equipment and facility is old and somewhat not so clean."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a new building. Get a better facility."