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Subsidized Lunch, Toxic Management

Associate Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Blizzard for 2 years
September 9, 2024
1.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

New CEO actually looks like they will change things within the company.

Subsidized lunches for the RTO days.

Dog-friendly campus.

Bonus is based on performance review instead of leeching off the WoW team again.

Swag giveaways.

Cons

You can have a good performance review, and your manager will still find things to fire you over.

Not diversity friendly, like they were supposed to be after the lawsuits.

Would only take this job to open up more opportunities for me in the games industry - not necessarily to become a permanent employee.

Management makes up weird policies on the spot whenever they disagree with you taking time off.

Can't use a 2-year-old stein as drinkware as it contains lead.

Every event feels like BlizzCon, where no one knows how to shower or act in public.

People are still glorifying the cube crawl days.

Advice to Management

Spend more time actually enhancing your employees' lifestyles instead of encouraging supervisors to push out their subordinates.

Also, if employees make an ethics report, don't scrub it from the system after they get terminated and they're trying to prove that it is because of retaliation.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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