Toxic QA Organization - QA Analyst Epic Games Employee Review

3.0
Dec 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Outstanding products and leading-edge technology. - Competitive compensation. - Exceptional engineers.

Cons

- The QA department operates with a hierarchical structure that includes various management layers, such as senior directors, directors, senior QA managers, QA managers, and QA leads. Unfortunately, these layers are significantly disconnected from the products and are unaware of the daily tasks and projects their team members are engaged in. - Due to this organizational structure and lack of communication, office politics have become prevalent. Individuals are more focused on pleasing their management hierarchy than on their product-related responsibilities. Additionally, collaboration with the engineering team is challenging due to the misalignment in reporting structures between QA and engineering.

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5.0
May 31, 2026
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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

3.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ Excellent benefits + Really cool people to work with + Projects are exciting, if stressful

Cons

- Project/Product Management isn't consistent across teams, making it really hard to collaborate between the tech teams. There's no real top-down facilitation of Scrum or other SLCD - As you probably are aware, the company has had multiple layoffs. Job security is in flux

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