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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. read more
Epic Games Company Culture
Epic Games Culture
This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews3.6/5
Epic Games' Overall Culture is rated C+
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Tim Sweeney
71 /100
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A Day in the Life
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Epic Games employees generally work 10.4 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Epic Games report the work pace is extremely fast
Work Pace
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75% of Epic Games employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Epic Games employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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67% of Epic Games employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Epic Games employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
Feedback
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62% of Epic Games employees call their work environment positive
Environment
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Anonymous Q&A with Epic Games EmployeesMost Recent Q&A
What is Epic Games' policy towards pets in the workplace?
Some offices allow dogs and are very pet friendly
How innovative is Epic Games?
Tech wise fairly cutting edge in a lot of ways, although due to scale we have to be more conservative than many startups. Gaming industry...
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Epic Games?
It's pretty easy, the company also provides family friendly ways to socialize with coworkers
What part of Epic Games's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Team Online (web services) is growing a lot, I think all parts of the company are growing. Difficulties are generally around scale, and...
Does Epic Games drug test or do a background check?
Basic background check on hiring
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Epic Games?
It's a fast culture, you need to be open to pivoting on a dime. That comes with flux in workload and crunchtime. That being said the people...
What is Epic Games' policy towards pets in the workplace?
Some offices allow dogs and are very pet friendly
How innovative is Epic Games?
Tech wise fairly cutting edge in a lot of ways, although due to scale we have to be more conservative than many startups. Gaming industry...
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Epic Games?
It's pretty easy, the company also provides family friendly ways to socialize with coworkers
What part of Epic Games's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Team Online (web services) is growing a lot, I think all parts of the company are growing. Difficulties are generally around scale, and...
Does Epic Games drug test or do a background check?
Basic background check on hiring
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Epic Games?
It's a fast culture, you need to be open to pivoting on a dime. That comes with flux in workload and crunchtime. That being said the people...
H1B Visa
In 2019, Epic Games applied for 19 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 63% were approved, 11% certified-withdrawn, 11% withdrawn, and 16% denied.
An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Epic Games unveil that 2 approved work permit applications were withdrawn before the employee’s start date, and 2 were withdrawn by Epic Games after the employee’s start date.
Work Permit Application Outcome
19
Total Applied
H1B Applications Outcome
- 63% Granted (12 out of 19)
- 16% Denied (3 out of 19)
- 11% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection (2 out of 19)
- 11% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (2 out of 19)
This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data
Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Epic Games
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10%
Epic Games currently ranks in the Bottom 10% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Epic Games
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30%
Epic Games currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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eNPS
Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"Top 30%Top 30% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
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eNPS Score
| 54% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 9% | Passives |
| 37% | Detractors |
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