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Activision Blizzard

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1.0
Dec 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is big and shiny marketing that goes into bringing on top talent with the promise of providing access to audiences across Activision, Blizzard and King, but which is merely King. This results in very talented individuals coming aboard in the san francisco office (as well as NYC), but those individuals soon realize their talents are wasted working for a division that should be outsourced. Top talent leaves within 24 months. Top talent should avoid this employer moving forward.

Cons

I have never been a part of an organization so utterly lacking in culture. The San Francisco office is a morgue. Leadership does not interact with anybody, preferring to lock themselves in rooms all day, "solving" problems the company does not care about. The politics and self-importance are horrific and disgusting. It is remarkable that anybody is still there, and I heard regularly from my peer group that those who do stay do so purely for financial reasons (the pay is competitive outside of equity). The leadership team has no chemistry, the president is out over his skis in terms of experience, the marketing team is full of people who have no prior marketing experience, the product team has never actually shipped a product, and the sales team is embarrassed by the products that they bring to market. Most importantly, the division is not a priority to the company, but a sideshow that they wish to see revenue from, but otherwise wish would disappear. It is remarkable that the division has yet to be shut down.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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