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Fun Breaks, Awful Management

QA Tester
Current Employee
Has worked at Electronic Arts for 2 years
March 12, 2014
Bucharest, Bucuresti
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • Great people (testers only)
  • Free fruit
  • Free tea
  • Relaxation area (video games)
  • Relatively fun atmosphere
Cons
  • Bad salary.
  • A lot of promotions based on backstabbing and ass kissery.
  • Management has no idea what it is doing.
  • Repetitive and boring.
  • Some team leads treat you like scum or a slave (canceling your vacation "just because they can" one day before you're supposed to take it).
  • No recognition for personal efforts (Team lead is always solely responsible for project successes, even though he may have just sat around looking at Facebook all project long).
  • No medical insurance.
  • No bonuses.
  • Have to work overtime in order to earn a decent salary, but you completely turn lifeless if you do this.
Advice to Management
  • Increase pay to a decent size that can actually be survived on.
  • Stop treating testers like fingernail gunk.

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