EA Voted Top 50 Corporation to Work For
By William on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 PM PST In Electronic Arts
This video explains why people want to work for EA. Two video game companies actually made the top 100 list for this television show. Electronic Arts definitely looks like an exciting place to work for. Who wouldn’t want to work in the gaming industry anyway? They have been around since 1982 and could be considered pioneers in gaming.
Wikipedia: Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become the world’s largest third-party publisher, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005.[1] Currently, the company’s most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, The Sims, Command & Conquer and the later games in the Burnout series. The company has also been the subject of criticism, most notably for its business tactics, employment policy and lack of innovation in its titles.
I recall horror stories from the bowls of hell…..erm, i mean EA.
Long hours, not enough pay, and various other things
I worked there for 6 years … not a fun place to work … crappy hours, poor pay, crappy bonus, egos, poor managers, short sighted management, the politics, hollywood types coming swinging their balls becuase they make films, and on and on.
hmmm.. I have yet to hear any positive comments about working for EA. I guess they are the typical corporation then.
I worked at EA Tiburon for 3 years and it was a sweatshop. Work conditions were awful, compensation was fair for a 40-hour work week but we worked 60-80 on average. And no overtime.
Don’t ever work for EA.
p.s. What’s up with this video? They didn’t talk to the engineers or designers or anyone actually involved on a production team. They just interviewed a college recruiter and an intern.
I’ve worked at EA for the last year. I’d heard all the horror stories, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. My division is a nice place to work with great people and competitive benefits across the board. From all accounts, things have changed quite a bit for the better since the employee lawsuits. However, your experience can certainly still vary depending on what division you work in.
I’ve been at EA for 4 years and yes, they had it wrong in the past. But, I can happily report they have gone to great lengths to make it much better. Now, I LOVE MY JOB at EA. I’ve had offers to go back to film and turned them down. EA (Los Angeles at least) is a kick ass place to work. I would totally, totally recommend it to friends and industry peers.