Electronic Arts, or EA, made Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list in 2018. They’ve also won several awards for diversity and employee engagement. This is in contrast to not quite forgotten, in fact, recently revived, customer resentment. Electronic Arts is a good example of investing in your employees, but they’re an example of what not to do when it comes to a cohesive, strong company culture. It’s an interesting mix. Did you know that applicant tracking systems for small companies can really help when it comes to recruiting new talent to your workforce? Want to learn more? Check out the free trials we offer for our top-rated online recruiting software today.
5 Hiring Lessons We Can Learn from Electronic Arts
#1. Invest in Your Employees
Electronic Arts invests pretty thoroughly in its employees, covering a wide range of bases. They know how to engage employees, they provide useful benefits that suit their culture well, and they effectively support personal growth. That’s not exactly the norm.
Gamesindustry.biz wrote a piece about EA’s landing in the Best Places to Work list that included the following quote,
“EA is praised by staff for its high salaries and nice perks, such as “Free games, ice cream, masseur on site, work events, raffles, meditation rooms to chill, etc.” and for supporting and fostering growth in its employees.”
One of their server engineers, Stephanie, is quoted on the company’s careers page,
“I believe EA has done a great job thus far in helping me grow and achieve my professional and personal goals.”
Then there is this Indeed review,
“EA’s commitment to a great employee and customer experience is evident in everything they do.
They start by genuinely listening to the voice of the customer/employee, digesting the information and making changes that create unique experience.
Working for a company who truly values your ideas, experience and suggestions is invaluable.
Management helps you advance your career, relevant training to keep you up to date on changes. Fun and laid back atmosphere. Amazing place to be! Always a party happening
Pros
Cheap snacks. Half off merchandise”
And many Glassdoor reviews,
“Pros
* Strong executive leadership with a clear direction of the future
* Challenging work, with much autonomy
* Culture of inclusiveness and partnership
* No one works in a silo”
“Pros
- open-minded culture
- work hard play hard mindset
- colleagues (peers and managers) are genuinely interested in helping out (it reflects on them as well)
- both peers and managers are generally very approachable
- kanteen offers varied and delicious food throughout the day, most healthy stuff is free, lots of fruit and veges, big portions, savoury
Advice to Management
Keep it up, you’re doing great from what I can tell ;)”
“Pros
- Good pay; good locations; generally friendly and passionate people”
“Pros
- food, stock andswag perks with good medical and retire benefits
games!”
On their careers page, EA lays out the following benefits, variable by country:
- Health coverage, known as their “wellbEAing program”
- Retirement plans
- Stock purchase plans
- Financial planning
- “Life insurance and/or disability coverage”
- Free games
- Onsite fitness centers(at select locations)
- Ride-to-work schemes
- Discounts
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee assistance programs
- Flexible scheduling
- “Child care resources”
- Paid time off
- Holidays off
- One week a year locations