Blizzard

Lots of talent.

Established company with a stable work environment.

Focus on an iterative process to create high-quality games.

A growing emphasis on culture and improvement.

Very supportive of employees.

Approachable group of designers, artists, and managers (there will always be exceptions, but on a whole).

An involved, professional, and highly productive QA department.

Strong core values.

Company-wide events.

Large customer base with great impact.

• Average pay.
• Still suffering growing pains from WoW success.
• Not all departments are yet brought up to the employee quality of life level they should be, Customer Support in particular.
• Needs more efficient and effective communication between dependent departments.

My biggest piece of advice: listen to your employees when they bring up issues and ensure they are truly working the Blizzard Dream, so to speak. If they aren't, work on how to make it better. Don't fall back on the statement, "That's how it's always been." Instead, move forward with attempting to address the issues brought forth and improve our process and culture.