A great company with good people but ok projects - Senior Artist Epic Games Employee Review

4.0
18 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company culture that reinforces open communication. People are very friendly and pro-active. No specific working hours is a great thing and people don't abuse that, in fact is the other way around, many individuals work more hours than normal but because they want, not because it was required of them, Great perks, free food, Epic Friday, company lunch Game On. Also having clearly the best engine on the market so far for your daily work really helps to get amazing results. The producers are great.

Cons

No cons actually damage the great company that Epic is. CONS: some projects lack originality and investors interfere on them too much. People on higher level of administration try to fix things by assuming instead of asking. New hires on leading roles are chosen focused on resume title history and communication skills, instead of those plus knowledge and actual skill-set. For a 2 year old engine some basic tools are still missing and makes really hard to execute your work properly. UX tests and UX lab are cool but incredibly old fashioned and having a UX lab doesn't mean that it's being used correctly. It's an old fashioned UX lab that forces game design choices too much by regressing towards 20 year old design concepts, it may cause projects to be boring, unoriginal and specially ugly, there is a lot of "by the UX book" or "we are experts" but is a very old book used by old fashioned people, they should test things not design them.

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5.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Amazing benefits and pay - Work with some of the most talented folks in the industry - Move quickly and ship a lot - Have the freedom to make a lot of impact - Not political and a no nonsense place, just a lot of talented and passionate folks wanting to do good work

Cons

- Company strategy can shift quickly which can feel chaotic for many people, change is a part of life at Epic - Lots of teams work long hours, not all teams but it’s common

1.0
14 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, people you work with are all top notch in their fields.

Cons

No growth opportunities or raises at all. I've been here for 4 years and since then have only had 1 notable raise and no promotions. Constant turnover and loss of talent due to over-worked stress and no sense of work/life balance. Management are all incompetent and won't ever take accountability for their terrible actions. "Fast-paced" environment is what they tell you but it's just another way of saying they will over-work you and give you no rewards. C-suite is even more out of touch with their employees and consumers. Constant pivots and changes out of nowhere because some L8 or L9 didn't like it and no one will push back otherwise you get laid off. I was here since 2022 and it has just gone downhill ever since COVID. Layoffs are a clear indicator of a company under-performing and the fact that none of the people involved with the bad decisions were touched indicates that this will continue happening. Terrible place to grow and pay isn't much better.

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