Good managers but 5 day RTO looming for next year - Software Engineer In Test Paramount Employee Review

3.0
Oct 30, 2025
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Pros

I really enjoy having great managers who look out for me. Work is good, I enjoy working with different teams of people and figuring out how I can help support their product.

Cons

Constant mergers and change of top-most level leadership have meant multiple rounds of layoffs have happened already, uncertain of the company's future at this point in time. Also pushing for 5 days RTO at the start of January is insane considering we would still have to go on Zoom calls to talk to our team scattered around the US...

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Cons

- CEO / Culture post Skydance merger: I never thought I would ever be in a position where I would want to leave a company because of the people. But that is starting to become the case. ELT/SLT does not care about the culture, hard workers, or rewarding loyalty. They will treat you like a number because the only thing anyone cares about (and its so apparent more than ever) is the bottom line. - Compensation and values - working for Viacom and CBS / ViacomCBS / Paramount before Skydance actually felt like it meant something. Now, no one knows if we're even valued and more often than not we're made to feel like every day of our lives here we have to prove our value over and over again. You never genuinely feel safe or comfortable here because there's going to be layoffs every 6 months. Other tech companies will give better compensation - Paramount needs to up their game if they don't want to continue losing their best talent. - You're literally just a number here. The company does not reward hard work or loyalty so it's best to just watch your own back because no one will have it here. They have let go of the best leaders that I've ever come across and have kept toxic egos only because they know how to play the toxic game that working here has become

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