Salary increases are impossible - Event Specialist VML Employee Review

1.0
May 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free barista bar coffee in office

Cons

No minimum salary increase to account for inflation. No salary increases in over 3 years for some team members, leadership always says “wait until the next cycle, you’ll be prioritized”. Then 6 months later: “sorry no raise possible it’s out of our hands, not based on performance though”. They also pay men more ($5k more for the man in a prior position to my co-worker, who took it over for him after he was laid off, she had 2 extra years experience at the company than him and still gets paid less). HR and leadership here is awful.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company with nice people, and a great teams.

Cons

Lack of remote positions. It would be better if yuo can work with them fully remote.

2.0
May 18, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote environment with great team members.

Cons

So much uncertainty around roles and tenure. Even the upper management were walking on eggshells. A new president comes in and just ignores the entire team. If you're not high up on WT ranks, you don't exist. With WT as the umbrella, the smaller company arms are disposable to them. I was told a year then they liked me so much, my contract kept getting extended. Each month, I'd ask for a heads up if there was any discussions about even potentially not continuing my contract so I could start looking for other work and was verbally assured every month that they were going to transition me to full-time W2. I got 1 day advance notice that they weren't keeping me instead. If you've got friends in the company, you'll be noticed. No matter how successful your work makes the team, if you don't have connections, you won't get far. Upper leadership are snobby and entitled. Expecting assistance for personal needs

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