Activision reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(369 total reviews)

Rob Kostich

59% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Activision has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 369 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Activision employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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369 reviews
2.0
May 29, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pros: - #1 publisher, recognizable on the resume - Enormous resources (if your project is deemed worthy) - Motivation comes from working with dedicated people (in production, not sure of other depts)

Cons

Cons: - milking the margins comes first. So, if you love games, be prepared to leave that love at the door - the project you're on matters a lot more than it should, even if you're doing as much or less than someone on a less prominent title. recognition and reward follows the revenue-generators only. - all other departments will get recognition before production (if production even gets recognized). it shows in the bonus/incentive structure. it shows in the promotion rate. it shows in all the company events that the executives speak in. - it always felt like the execs just want to be in hollywood. they make frequent, huge expenditures to play with hollywood instead of investing it back into the company (new IPs?) or its employees.

3.0
May 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They provided free food for the days in which we had 12 hours of testing

Cons

Terrible hours Not a stimulating working environment

3.0
May 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at Activision is great because we're the top publishing company of the game industry. The workplace is great, and the development team I'm in is very united. It's fun to make video games. The support and work perks are pretty good.

Cons

Its a little frustrating the poor work and life balance. I love making video games. I take pride in my work. I want to deliver a really good fun quality polished game, but certain conditions don't allow this. Rushing and crunching are bad. My heath suffers from it. Which makes me feel under-appreciated and disposable.

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