Electronic Arts

I enjoyed the environment, benefits, and the team.

Environment: There is a gym with lots of nice amenities, a cafeteria with decent food, and the halls and public areas are decorated to match holidays and game releases. It's actually pretty fun to see the changes and events.

Benefits: You get the usual benefits like vacation, insurances, and retirement plans, but if you like playing games and are an EA fan, then you can get them at a reduced price internally.

Team: There are a lot of invested employees who want to make the experience and the games worthwhile. You'll find a lot of passionate people interested in the things they work on.

It's real easy to get distracted by a lot of the things going on around you. Also, they tend to have a lot of meetings/seminars sometimes to discuss new tech, approaches, or improvements. These aren't bad on their own, but many can stack back to back and make it difficult to focus on tasks.

Overall, you have a good thing going. I enjoyed my work there, but I had a one-year contract. I didn't reapply at the time because I wanted to try other things.

Sometimes I did feel like I had too many meetings. Some weeks, I probably had at least three or four mandatory meetings every day where I wasn't necessary nor could contribute. An email with meeting notes would have sufficed. The interruptions made it hard for me to build momentum on some of my tasks. Perhaps check in with employees to see if they should block off focus time?