Wonderful Machine Reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

56% positive business outlook

Wonderful Machine has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wonderful Machine employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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47 reviews
1.0
Nov 13, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Young, optimistic staff Never boring You get to learn about the industry and interact with some pretty amazing photographers

Cons

Constant micromanaging low salary Lack of leadership Generally miserable mood at the office Incredibly high staff turnover Rampant sexism CEO has no filter, very unprofessional Bad industry reputation, known for bad marketing and harassing clients

1.0
Sep 12, 2017

Run away as fast as you can

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great coworkers - Parking - Office dog

Cons

- There is the illusion of structure here but no sense of management other than the anal retentive, manic CEO. - Everyone hates their job - NEVER any encouragement - Laughably low pay - Bare minimum of benefits - No chance to advance your career - Most skills aren't transferrable to other companies - Constant upheaval - Unreal amount of staff turnover I've ever heard of at a job. Fast food joints retain more employees than this place - CEO has no filter from his brain to his mouth and will often say things that would be cause for an HR complaint at other companies

1.0
Aug 2, 2016

A toxic place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can learn about many aspects of the photo industry. Coworkers are generally fun and easy to work with.

Cons

I could write an essay about every dysfunctional thing at Wonderful Machine, but it all boils down to awful management. The husband and wife who own the company are simply horrible bosses. They are petty, spiteful, and do not give a thought to how their employees' morale impacts the ability of the company to function. The issues mentioned in these other reviews are sadly accurate. Sadder still, all of these problems have been brought to the owners of the company. When employees leave in waves, the owners get frustrated and press remaining staff to know why the turnover is so high. They have been told that their management style is the direct cause of low morale and high turnover, but they refuse to accept any responsibility. It seems that everyone but them is the problem. New hires come in excited and enthusiastic, and often quit within a few months. Employees leave before lining up a new job, they are just too miserable to keep coming in. "Life is too short to work at Wonderful Machine" was a phrase I heard often. Keep that in mind and avoid this place.

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