Do you work for love, or work for money? - Graphic Designer Paramount Employee Review

4.0
Dec 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

MTV Culture is not overrated. If you focus on the target demographic, you will understand the people who actually have defined the business from the beginning. The kids who watched in the early years have not turned off music or television. The kids who watch today have new mediums, perhaps even new needs. The people who work here are the best innovative minds of their generation in ANY business. If anyone can keep a culture fresh -- it's the "grunts" who do the work.

Cons

You wouldn't believe the competition. Seriously. I've known qualified people to be rejected at just about every level. Virtually every employee has a second career already in gear. If there was any one thing to criticize in the company, it is how little recognition goes to the guys and girls doing the work, reflecting the demo, and being forced -- through pay, lack of opportunity, or simply lack of challenge -- to follow the real dream outside of the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

People who were at Paramount before the Skydance merger remain talented and amazing people.

Cons

The post-Skydance merger Paramount is an aimless corporate with zero resources, and respect for existing employees. Senior management are coming from Disney, and they’re hiring all their previous Disney colleagues, while laying off employees that have been at Paramount through ages. There has also been a shift in demographics where White men control the power. It’s disheartening to see amazing legacy leadership get demoted and sidelined in favor of incoming White male leaders from Disney. The new senior management will say things like, “We want to invest in people that will stay with us and grow,” yet layoff an entire division that have kept this company running through all the transitions. The disrespect is just ridiculous.

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