Avoid at all costs - Game Master Blizzard Entertainment Employee Review

1.0
7 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Free games, and sometimes some free collectibles. - Health Insurance with possibility of Pension Plan - Amazing culture and community

Cons

- Poor Management bullying people into burnouts constantly - Insane amount of KPI metrics that leads to Support Plans and hostile meetings if any target is missed even by 0.1%, you are expected to do Game, Billing, Tech support on all different products and the more releases the more different systems and products you have to keep up to support instead of having different focus teams. - Horrible HR literally only exists to cover the company and bash employees into submission - No career progression, tons of job openings on different world wide sites but nothing in Ireland, even if you apply to a temporary position it may take years of waiting for your turn, and if you are from a small language like Italian, Polish and Portuguese all your requests (including vacations, as you cant even go on vacation when you would like) will get automatically denied for lack of coverage. - Constantly making people feel like they are easily replaceable and if you have a concern to share then you are not complying with company ideals and you are encouraged to seek a different job. - Staffing issues, poor recruitment team lying to new hires about current housing situations creating staffing problems that the employees have to suffer to compensate by having their vacations, career progression, even schedules limited.

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Really great people, best and kindest in the business

Cons

Compensation is on lower side

2.0
23 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Depending on the team, you get to work with some great people. - Company events are fun and make you temporarily forget that you're still in a corporate environment. - You're near the games being released.

Cons

On the surface, the company talks a big game about being structured and performance-driven. In reality, it feels pretty chaotic once you’re actually in it. Expectations aren’t clearly defined, and what “success” looks like seems to shift depending on the week or who you’re talking to. You end up spending more time managing optics and trying to stay aligned with moving targets than actually doing solid engineering work. What makes it worse is how management handles team dynamics. Toxic behavior doesn’t really get addressed — if anything, it sometimes feels like it’s enabled. Feedback can feel very one-sided, and when you raise concerns, they’re not always taken seriously or represented fairly. There are definitely moments where the narrative about your performance doesn’t match the reality of what you’re actually doing day to day, which slowly kills trust. At a minimum, leadership needs to get better at clear communication, setting stable and objective expectations, and actually supporting both engineers and managers. Without that, even strong teams start to feel dysfunctional. Compensation doesn’t make up for it either. It often feels like decisions are driven by cost-cutting rather than recognizing real impact, which makes the whole environment feel more transactional than motivating. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this place in its current state, especially if you’re an experienced professional looking for a stable, well-run role.

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