Electronic Arts reviews

Meritocracy on paper only. SR. Managment is a old boys/girls club. Have to be in the right group to move up. Too many yes men and not enough people willing to look at other ways of doing things. Don't have enough creative people in high enough positions to promote new ideas. Tend to treat people as numbers, and sometimes we lose sight of what matters most.

Too many to mention. Biggest political nightmare ever. Constantly re-org-ing made the place a mess. I had nine bosses in four years, and two years in a row, they "forgot" to give me a review. Nepotism -- big time. Horrible with budgets. EA does everything on the cheap (unless you're a big-time exec). They don't let the leaders they hire to lead to their job. Always interfering -- their way or no way. Their VP's are the worst, and they hold BIG TIME (and ridiculous) grudges when you leave the company. Seriously! Even if you didn't go to a competitor. Commute was awful, of course, with very little options for flex time/work from home opportunities. I could go on and on. Whenever I'm chatting with people and we joke about our "worst jobs ever" -- and people say things like "retail basement re-stocker" or "telemarketer" or "popcorn vendor, I always answer "EA. Hands down the worst job I've ever had." It's sad, because it could be cool. But they are awful. It would take years for them to repair how they operate.