Pandemic Studios Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Until EA closed our entire studio in November 2009, I loved going to work each day & would work with and alongside any and all of my former co-workers."

What do you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"The people; the vibe; great working environment; fun activities, good pay, etc"

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

"They are now defunct; so no longer applicable."

What don't you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"They allowed Electronic Arts EA to buy us out, who in turn shut us down less than 2 years later (just as my fellow gamers anticipate they would.) A very sad situation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't Sell Out!!!"

"Fun place to work. Too bad it's gone."

What do you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"The work environment was excellent. The people at Pandemic were very fun to work with, but never unprofessional."

What don't you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"Some tasks were boring and repetitive. And there was risk of burnout during crunch time, but that just goes with the territory of a QA job in the games industry, and not really Pandemic's fault entirely."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think one manger in particular would sometimes get too caught up in nitty gritty details, which I think were counter productive overall. I'm not saying that attention to detail isn't important, it's just that in some cases I think he went a little too far."

"Pandemic Studios is a games studio that will live on in memories as one of the best that ever existed"

What do you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"The culture at Pandemic was very diverse and warm. They took care of the employees and had excellent amenities."

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

"Be yourself, but unfortunately this studio is shut down permanently."

What don't you like about working at Pandemic Studios?

"The opportunity to move up into a different department had too many hoops and rings to jump through which hindered job growth"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open minded to suggestions and stick with decisions made. It was a pain that critical game play mechanics would be constantly be altered well into Beta."