Absolutely Not Recommended - Anonymous employee Crunchyroll Employee Review

1.0
Feb 16, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fun and talented coworkers (but most of them have been fired or quit at this point) - Interesting products - Great fans

Cons

- Toxic work environment created and perpetuated by a very self-interested executive team - Lack of planning from management - Tech debt - Culture and identity as a company has deteriorated

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Crunchyroll Response
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There has been quite a bit of negative publicity recently due to changes that we have made at Ellation. Although we are not able to discuss all details of strategic decisions, as a result of these decisions, we were saddened to have to eliminate several roles in our San Francisco headquarters in order to better align our efforts to grow globally. We appreciate all the feedback and the time taken to capture the feedback by former employees who have been directly impacted by the changes. In times of change, morale can reflect the mood of the times. The leadership and PeopleOps truly care and are taking steps to address the feedback, to continue to strive to be as transparent as possible, and to continue to invest in growth initiatives. Those whose roles were eliminated were treated respectfully, and were offered a generous package and support to help them transition to better and brighter endeavors outside of Ellation.

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