crashed and burned - Social Media Producer Maffick Employee Review

I loved working for Maffick. The teams were amazing and the management was closely involved with what was happening. New ideas were embraced and every project had value.

Dealing with controversial subject matter can have consequences, sometimes resulting in a loss of job stability.

getting to work on sweet new iMac Pros. Also, the WeWork on Hollywood is a convenient location.

Sadly the CEO is an actress playing the role of business person, which she is definitely NOT. Probably not uncommon in LA. Disorganization runs rampant from the top down. In the Russian tradition of cronyism she put unqualified "friends" in charge. Everyone starts out with enthusiasm but quickly learns to keep their head down. The actual main office is in Moscow of course. Maffick is owned by "Russia Today" -- Putin's multi-lingual propaganda network. So internally the general narrative on current events is that Putin is a cute little teddy bear and everything said about him in the news is a horrible lie. Apparently the CEO spent half her life there and got sufficiently brain washed along the way. Sometimes we'd joke about the FBI raiding the office in Hollywood (but only half joking). During my employee reviews I received only negative feedback despite having done at least an above average job. That's very demoralizing. I guess the biggest "con" is that due to the Russian government ownership, employment at Maffick could turn out to be a liability on your resume.