Golden handcuffs, mediocre team, and misogynistic culture - Director Electronic Arts Employee Review

1.0
17 Dec 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Salary and benefits are incredible. Being part of such big games is exciting

Cons

The marketing team is a shambles, where conference calls involve 50-60 people and decisions are made based on which ideas have the least number of objections, not what makes sense. There are so many silos and levels of management that no one makes an impact. People are rewarded for getting mediocre results despite the company, rather than for improving how the company can achieve things across the board. Sexist comments and jokes are common.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of good and smart people that are able to create good work together.

Cons

Restructuring every year, nepotism, no clear path for career progression at all, senior leadership isn’t communicating clearly, acquisition communication has been non-existent, layoffs are a constant factor and fear, unclear why some people get promoted and many high performers do not

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