Near smack dab in the middle of my pay band
New hire, no prior experience, fresh college grad
recently joined at the so exempt from performance/merit increase
Hired in 2013 for Customer Support. Started at 9.50 an hour. Left CS at 21.66 to join Quality Assurance. Merit bumped me up .22 cents which brought my hourly up to 21.88.
After getting a "high" rating, and told rewards were for top performers, i still received less of a % increase than last year. I feel for those who got "successful" or lower.
I was hired before the QA Evolution as a QA 1. The evolution un-did my position causing my salary to be underneath the new low for Associate QA Analysts. During the QA salary corrections, they gave me $3 to help compensate. Before that I was a mid-level analyst making $19.97, less than what associate analysts were hired at.
10 year tenure
Bumped to 24.01 from 16.50 by competing offer in 2019
Promotion as well, total raise 10%. Have merit and CoL adjustments plus promotion was a combined $2/hr
This is the second time in a row that the increase did not meet or exceed cost of living increases. Meaning that each year the company values my work at a lower rate than they did before. Last year the cafe increased its prices at a rate that was higher than my wage increase.
Been here for 12 years and have never been below average or low performer.
New Hire for 2020
Was told manager wanted to give me a "High" rating but the company was limiting to just "Successful" ratings.
Was promoted this period
I have been consistently high on my performance review every year. This year was a meets requirements/successful due to an email requiring managers reduce the number of high's they gave out even though I performed better than previous years.
Prevented from getting promotion due to last-minute requirements change. Now working toward an arbitrary additional carrot at the end of a stick before getting promoted.
New hire, not eligible for raise or review
This pay reflects 1.5 years working at Blizzard
As a contractor I don't get performance reviews and how much I'm paid can change based on the budget(s) of the project(s) I'm brought in to work on (even though my job responsibilities are largely the same).
Third category (TEMP)
Temps in SFD don't actually get performance reviews, so I rated myself as "Successful" because that's the level I assume I'd be at based on the 1:1s I've received.
I was headhunted by Blizzard and this was the lowest by 10-20% of my 4 offers, including offers from startups and other large game development companies, with the highest cost of living. I was told at the time that I was already at the top of my band but have not received any information on what that band actually is, and was later told that I would likely not receive a salary raise until I got a promotion because of this, but that I was unlikely to get a promotion any time soon because there is already "a long waitlist" of people waiting for promotions in the department.
<1y w/ company, no title changes yet
New hire early 2020
I have not received a performance rating. And I believe everyone should be able to share their rates anytime, anywhere.
Started in October, was promoted from AGM to GM recently as well.
Customer Support at Blizzard is in the pay bracket for baseline Customer Support jobs for most other companies. Though what we are required to reach higher standards than typical Customer Support jobs due to how we handle surveys. Additionally, our job encompasses much more than Customer Support due to how much more hands-on we are with ingame logs, tech, recovery, payment, investigations, and more. Can't go into all the details, but just basic tech troubleshooting base level CS rep here is much more complex tech than typical tech support at tech companies. Many outside of CS do not realize how hands-on Blizz CS is compared to the norm, yet are paid less than the norm. That's not even touching on how any extra projects we take on do not bring any increase to pay or incentive besides "experience".
11 year tenure
This is the lowest merit increase I have ever received. According to my manager, opportunity to give people "high" score has been limited this year. Looking at my appraisal, if this level of performance, along with additional work that was carried out by me, gives me 1% increase, why even bother doing anything in addition to my primary duties? This merit increase is lower than my rent increase.
This was the smallest raise I've ever gotten over my 5 years.
Been at Blizzard over 6 years, always rated as a high performer, still only have 25% penetration into pay band
capped for 5 years now.
it comes to ~30eur/mo while just a rent is increasing 50eur/mo a year
18.00/hr
13 year veteran, usually getting 3% or higher raises.
My High Increase is solely due to a promotion from GM to Specialist GM
The listed salary is after many years of "Merit Increase" and does not reflect the base pay for employees on this title.
3.2% last year for the same rating. Salary band moved to 38300 this year
Have always had increases in the 2 to 3 percent region even with High performance due to the bell curve system and arbitrary number restrictions on who can get bigger increases. Have entertained options at other companies that have offered up to x2.5 as much in terms of salary in cheaper CoL areas.
Not had a pay increase in years, not even an increase to take into considering the cost of inflation which has gone up year after in France. CS is viewed as an entry level job that requires no skill to do, which is beyond the truth. Our workload has increased along with our tasks yet our wage remains the same.
I have been here for over 6 years
I was promoted this past year so I assume I'm low in the pay band
Been working here since 2009
This is an ongoing topic for ages in CS and we are getting ignored for the same time. Over the years we evolved a lot (what is great) and added a ton of new task to our daily work. We worked for our e-sports department (twitch moderation, video editing und uploading, reporting), we are doing social media and part of the community work (twitter, forums, facebook etc.), doing manager task (providing training and coaching to peers, responsible for refunds, giving approvals). We got no compensation for our new task's and greater responsibly in our work. Our profit is "non-existent" and the merit increase is a joke over the last few years. A lot of (good) people left the company and we have to to more and more work without getting fairly paid for it
This is the lowest raise I've received in the 7 years I've been working for Blizzard.
After the complaints in 2018 about CS salary, my CoL raise jumped my pay to $5000 more a year. This year was my smallest raise yet.
new hire
Been here 5+ years
This was my first raise since 2018 due to having been payband capped.
salary is about 43,672 in $
11+ years and always rated High or Top. Earning $20/h after so many years and always performing high is a shame.
I've been here a year. This is my first salary review.
never been promoted since I joined my department
10+ years
Started as  GM in 2007
Wish it was higher.
I've been working at Blizzard for over 10 years
42K EUR; increase affected by changing position from lower pay bracket to higher
I had a promotion for this cycle per the 8%.
Annual evaluations are being used to justify lower increases instead of being a reflection of the employee's actual performance. Ever wonder why your annual appraisal looks just like your self review, but with the added bonus of highlighting your mistakes and how they keep you from that ever elusive next tier upwards?
Been told I'm "near cap" of my payband for several consecutive years.
16 years tenure, Masters Degree in my field.
Only went up that high because I got a promotion. Even as a senior I know some regular TA make more than I do.
New hire for 2020
7.5 years tenure
51,000.00 Euro
I've been operating as a project/program manager for about 1.5 years now. I've been consistently asking for a title/track change since Nov 2019. This was originally planned to go through during this promotion cycle, but apparently my departmental leadership and HR are having discussions about the value/place that PMs have in the organization, and have held off on changing anything for me in the meantime.
Struggling to make rent in irvine.
I've been at Blizzard for 16 years from QA, to Cineimatics, to Heroes of the Storm, and then back to QA after the cut. My salary, I feel, should be much higher especially after those 10+ years in an Animation Development position.
Hired Summer 2019
New Hire so no increase
New Hire so no increase
newer hire
I got a high last year and I'm at 12% range penetration after the raise
I was a high performer.
equivalent is 63,500 in USD
I will share in Slack when I collect my history.
I suffer from been an internal hire for my current position. Which means I've always been low on my pay band, in my previous job and have never seen and adjustment. I'll never break 90k at blizzard.
The time I spent contracting was not considered to be part of my time spent employed at Blizzard.
Internal hire, 2 years in this position
I received a 1 dollar raise for my merit last year. This year, after these "compensation improvements" and performing even better than I did last year, I was awarded an additional 42 cents. Less than half of what I got last year. This is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting and insulting to the highest degree. Activision Blizzard should be absolutely ashamed, and the individuals and executives responsible for approving this and allowing this to happen need to be held accountable.
I have been an associate for 3 years. I started at 32% pay penetration into the associate producer pay band and I am now at around 37%. 3 years in and I'm still in the "Learning Stage" based on the ABK pay band overview page. I have been told numerous times that I'm a mid-level producer and rarely receive concrete feedback for areas to grow in. 

My "High rating" was only a 5 cents per hour raise above my "Successful" rating from the previous year. When I asked about this, I was given a bunch of other external factors that contributed to this, but regardless, I worked super hard and was recognized with a "high" rating, and only received 5 more cents per hour.
recent hire within last 3 months
Started summer 2019
Last year as a high performer I received a 2.9% increase. Anecdotally it seems very weird to have the merit increase from high to top be 0.1% pay.
I guess this 1% is better than the .1% I got my first year and the 0% I got my second year all while being Successful+
New Hire
New Hire
I received a market salary adjustment in October of last year which was a 10% increase within the same title, role, and team.
increase was between 3-4%. My increase this year was ~20 cents higher than last year.
The first earned (not grandfathered/reshuffle/re-visioned) promotion I have received as a lead in 9 years.
I started in last 6 months
Nothing that isn't identifying.
Promoted from Associate
"Average" review- did not over or under perform.
Role is not on game dev team
I was under the pay band for most of my tenure, with positions that technically reported to mine getting paid more.
Satisfactory rating
I got a new title for 2020. Went from Assc Program Manager to Assc Product Manager, which is probably what the 10.5% increase reflects (a change in pay band type). Not sure how educational credentials impact pay at AB but I have a MBA.
Lowest percentage increase I've gotten in 6 years with the company
Promoted from associate
promotion
I started at a GM in 2008 with $9.50 an hour
Promotions only came from swapping internal roles.
This came with a title adjustment and movement to salaried which means I'll most likely be making less money in 2021.
with promotion
feels high until you realize how far it doesn't go and what the going rate is at other places.
No raises due to being "out of band" in previous years.
Promotion incl
I didn't get a merit increase this year because I switched roles.
When I started as an associate I only made $40k
Received 10% salary adjustment due to gender pay disparity a few years ago.
Salary increase includes promotion
Joined early 2019 fresh undergrad. Promoted
If Riot opened up a game studio in Irvine, I'd be all over it.
3 years as mid-level Engineer
Joined October 2017 - $42.31/hr (~$88k annual)
February 2019 - $48.31/hr (~$100k annual)
July 2020 - $49.28/hr (~$102k annual)
Wasn't told my performance rating.
Salary increase includes merit raise + promotion
New Hire
promoted this cycle
I only started this year, so this is my starting salary coming in at a rate of $52.88/hour.
Made 86,000 until last year (drastically below my peers), so maybe that's why 0%inc this year. Rated high and top for the previous 2 years. Was told they were required to rate me no higher than 'successful' this year, but that my work was just as good.
Increase includes promotion
I have been the bottom of my salary range for going on three years, and received this pay bump to match my peers. In regard to transparency, I still do not know where I am in the pay band, how my salary increase was computed (and how they compute them in general, considering most engineering salaries at Blizz seem to be 50% of other tech companies), and I have not been totally clear on why I get certain amounts for profit sharing throughout the past three years. I'm happy to have gotten a raise to be at par with my fellow co workers, but am sad at the extreme lack of transparency for everyone.
I was significantly underpaid as an associate and mid level artist, despite getting frequent 4 ratings on my reviews. It was adjusted when I was promoted to senior to be more fair and equal to people of a similar level, or so they told me.
This was 4 months after joining - did not get a prorated increase, but the full thing
New hire in 2020
new hire
"High" performance rating/review
moved from I to II tier
promotion
new hire 2020
New Hire
It is nowhere near matching those of Riot's & Epic's
New employee not eligible for increase this year
Promotion thus affecting my % salary increase
I was told this the lower half of the pay range.
13% was the promotion from mid-level to senior.
Many are offered around this salary as starting for rotational manager position out of MBA program
16% due to promotion from mid-level to senior Software Engineer.
10+ years
Made 107,655 before joining Blizzard at 2019 -- was in the federal government as part of the GS pay band (was a 13-2). 8+ years of project management experience.
10+ YoE
I am not allowed to know my salary range, just my penetration percentage into it.
I was promoted, which affects this year's percentage.
2019 profit bonus ~30,000
Not enough. Barely keeps up with inflation. Expected more, got much less
10k sign on bonus, 5k relocation package, discretionary profit sharing target of ~$15k, No OT but track and take comp time
Includes promotion
I took a reduction in role to come here, and have had time in seat used against me to argue against a promotion
Typically get good reviews. Last year I was dealing with some burnout mid year so that's why my review is lower then usual (Finished year strong, but the review had to be based on whole year). Found out that everyone at the developing level was given a 0% increase this year. I understand that we are working to perform better, but that was probably the biggest slap in the face, and even worse it took all the way to August to tell me this. As I have been working my rear end off this year to be at a High level, this was a downer for sure. Not even a small increase to help with rising costs of living.
I received a promotion in July as well as salary increase.
I was promoted from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer I
Profit sharing has not helped my annual salary increase despite my workload and responsibilities growing year after year.
with promotion
5% increase is from combined effect of performance and promotion.
:(
I received a 4% increase "market adjustment" in October 2019
Recent hire
I’m earning net 8% less than I did in 2016 due to a promotion that took me from hourly to salary, and the company not once making bonus performance targets since then.
I’m earning net 8% less than I did in 2016 due to a promotion that took me from hourly to salary, and the company not once making bonus performance targets since then.
In bottom third of range penetration
I started in June of this year
Received promotion which explains the higher increase
Currently hold the highest title in my team with a couple others.
Previous increments have been ~3.3%-4.5%. The backdating gives ~same as previous years but will mean lower amounts on upcoming years. Profit sharing for CS is also pathetic.
Merit increases for this kind of performance rating used to be much much higher before that reform. CS is plagued with salary caps that are not even public knowledge anymore.
promoted, previous salary 47k €