Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind games like WoW, Call of Duty and Destiny, is the only video game company that ranks among the 100 best workplaces in the USA. Riot Games, the creators of LoL, are missing from this year’s Fortune magazine list.
Fortune magazine has published its annual list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work For,” and the only video game company is ranked 66th. It is Activision Blizzard, the publisher behind hits like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Call of Duty, Candy Crush and Destiny.
A publisher does not develop the games itself, but collaborates with development studios, commissions games, and takes care of marketing and distribution. Activision Blizzard also owns its own development studios.
Last year, Activision ranked 77th. Thus, it has risen by 11 places compared to the previous year in March 2017.
New worlds are built at Activision with talent
The head of Activision, Bobby Kotick, says: They hire the most capable and talented employees to build new worlds. 95% of employees stated in the survey that they are proud to work for Activision Blizzard.
According to Fortune, Activision Blizzard employs over 9,400 people.
The publishing giant has a lot planned for 2017. For instance, Destiny 2 is expected to be released this fall. A new Call of Duty has also been announced – WoW and the other Blizzard games continue to run steadily.
Is working on LoL no longer fun?
A question raised by the list is: What has happened to Riot Games? The creators of League of Legends ranked 39th last year, well ahead of Activision Blizzard. This year, they have completely dropped out of the list.
Riot Games was acquired by the Chinese company Tencent Games in December 2015. It is unclear whether the corporate culture has changed since then or if Riot is no longer among the 100 best workplaces for other reasons.
There is no statement from Fortune regarding this. The fluctuation in the list cannot be too high. According to Fortune, only six new companies entered the list of the 100 best workplaces.
This means that Riot is among the only six companies that have fallen out of the top 100. From 39, this is a significant drop.
Overall, the list is led by the giant Google. Followed by Wegmans Food Markets, The Boston Consulting Group, Baird, and Edward Jones.
Fortune evaluates a survey for the list that is filled out by 230,000 people in America. The survey concerns how employees assess their work life, how they evaluate their team leaders, the relationships among colleagues, and the support they receive from the company in both professional and personal life.
These were the results from last March
LoL, WoW: Dream jobs! Riot and Activision are among the 100 best US employers
