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Software Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Electronic Arts for 4 years
July 30, 2015
Orlando, Florida
3.0
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Pros

Great benefits, nice offices. Really smart people to work with, and EA University might be the greatest idea of all time.

Cons

The crunch was pretty brutal, but not as bad as in the Madden 2006 / Superman days. Not a great place creativity-wise; too many meetings, too much of an emphasis on sequels. The promotion and review system was kind to me, but it is utterly ridiculous, and the ACTION values system needs to go.

Advice to Management

Don't tell programmers what they want or need. Listen to what they need to get their job done, and then get out there and fight for them.

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