Blizzard Entertainment Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Working at Blizzard is a dream job for a lot of people. But if you're not as starstruck, and really looking to make a difference you may find the job incredibly frustrating."

"Great company!! Really do a great job of taking care of their employees."

"An excellent place to work with opportunities to move up if you have the skills."

"Great company to work for. Well staffed and friendly people. Really knowledgeable and well trained."

"I worked from May '07 to June '13, and it was a blast getting to work for a company I always wanted to since I was a kid. After six years, the department I was in no longer challenged me or provided opportunities to advance upwards and I wanted to do something better with my life by getting into development."

"Great environment, a joy to work at."

"Working for Blizzard has been a very rewarding experience. Their training and development is top-notch as well as being the best video game company out there. I will temper that, however, with a slight warning. Their internal mobility is slow, sometimes non-existent. Furthermore, the management, at times, seems very disconnected from the jobs that their employees are doing. Lastly, my reason for leaving is that this isn't a job for anyone with a family as shifts can be late night or overnight."

"The company is a good company to work for, however they tend to change their info and policies too quickly, with not much notice."

"Wonderful atmosphere, and great people to work with."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Blizzard entertainment. Nothing more can be said to say how amazing this place was."

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

"Your passion for their games will be your best asset in the interview process."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Continually changing schedules every 6 months. This makes it difficult to establish a routine in your life."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create dedicated shifts that do not change, and allow people to change to different shifts if they desire/need to."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"My colleagues constantly inspired me to learn and grow. Everyone was excited to become masters of their areas of speciality and there was no shortage in resources to help you accomplish this."

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

"Live your own life, and find work that inspires you. Be honest in your answers and don't allow the inner critic to needlessly censor constructive ideas."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"As the successes of the company continued to rise there were some significant sacrifices that had to be made in terms of the culture of the company. Creativity as a result became somewhat stifled by profit driven motives that attracted personalities who cared more about the intended results than present realities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't assume that caring for your employees is a weakness, or a negative trait. Allow and encourage people to create strong social bonds that allow them to more freely express their creative interests and natures."

"It is a nice place for certain people. For me it was not a good fit."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Quite a lot of events. Strong relationships between employees. Nice office at Blizzard Entertainment."

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

"You have to show you like games :)It is among of the main criteria."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"The culture was not software engineering kind. Not at least of a kind I would expect.Almost everyone was passionate about games and building software was treated as a necessary evil."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work environment has too many emotions as far as I am concerned. Maybe adding more senior people will make it more stable."

".NET development the whole time. Lots of experimenting."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Allowed lots of growth in development and management skills. Team effort was promoted."

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

"Knowledge is more important than ego. Team mentallity does not mean to relinquish personal responsibility. Quality is better than quantity."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Some departments are very structurally volitile. You can find yourself as a manager one day, and an engineer the next, but without a clean notification of change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Transparency means letting people know where they stand in the business plan literally."

"Blizzard is a fun, energetic, and challenging, but has little room for growth."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Fun environment, enthusiastic people, great customer base to interact with."

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

"Be genuine, and passionate about Blizzard games (not hard to do!). At least familiarize yourself with the games somewhat beforehand to show interest and dedication. not every employee is a gamer, or even a Blizzard gamer, it's fine."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Scheduling makes it difficult to maintain personal relationships, little room for advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep your ear to the ground, as you have been. Great ideas often come from below, and make sure that credit is properly assigned when due."

"It was a wonderful experience."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"The culture in general is probably the biggest selling point. A company for gamers, by gamers."

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

"You're a gamer. Make that a fact. We love gamers."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"You sometimes can feel pigeon-holed based off of the department you were hired in to at first, but all the resources are there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Further streamlining the functions we were performing would have prevented the mass lay off that we all had to endure."

"My experience at Blizzard was a wonderful time in my life."

What do you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Everything about the company, the people, the games, the customers."

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

"Be yourself, show your inner geek, don't be afraid to ask questions."

What don't you like about working at Blizzard Entertainment?

"Sadly, I was sad to see them lay off 600 great employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would've like to see more options to grow within the company and knowledge on how from the management team."