Activision reviews

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.

Fast paced environment but not enough support given to successfully keep up with the unrealistic demands. Senior management encourages and plays into the rumor mill, oftentimes initiating bad mouthing of their staff. No diversity of thought welcomed: thinking outside of the box is almost discouraged. If something done outside of the framework, you're quickly moved to the margin. Spoiled game developers that turn into people managers are not provided with enough management training become the root cause of a high amount of turnover. But senior management doesn't dare reprimand them for their bad management skills.