The Emperor Has No Clothes - Executive Paramount Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Honestly, I struggle to come up with any.

Cons

- Aging, out of touch leadership; head in the sand mentality in the face of a crumbling business - Poor/no strategy; only response to crumbling business is to slash costs, gutting the company's talent pool - One of the least diverse management teams in media - Lack of diversity in division leadership as well - Poor pay - Miserable facilities - majority of employees have no office and must work "agile" - i.e., working in tiny cubicles which must be reserved in advance - Zero morale, as a result of wave after wave of layoffs, plus wage cuts, bonus reductions and hiring freezes - Poor, underfunded technology and resources for employees - Streaming product UI and UX are terrible - Lack of originality in programming and marketing - openly relying only on stale, recycled "franchise"

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- Benefits - At the Digital Specialist, Account Manager, and Account Executive level the people are mostly incredible to work with internally - Most AEs are able to have their own offices, which helps significantly to drown out the noise of senior management

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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