No Growth or Strong Leaders - Editorial Content Getty Images Employee Review

1.0
Nov 14, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Office is great location. Friendly people. Unlimited snacks and drinks. Space is great and has a bar. Flexible work life balance. CEO seems to care. Great benefits

Cons

Senior leaders are great at managing up and don't pay attention to their teams. Promotions lack diversity and inclusion. Senior leaders don't have basic training and use offensive behavior to control their teams. Middle management left trying to communication to the rest of us. Still a male club and leaders don't want anything to do with lower level employees except when it is survey time. Growth is rare and when it happens, its about friendship and buddies are promoted. Some senior leaders do not understand or know the business and some are disconnected and don't care. HR doesn't care and manages up. Tried to get career guidance and was ignored 3 times. When they fire people, they don't communicate it and are not loyal.

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Getty Images Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to share your concerns, especially as a current employee %E2%80%93 hopefully we have time to work together to improve things from your perspective! Diversity and growth are things we talk about (and care about) a lot at Getty Images, but we do understand that visible changes don't always occur as quickly as people would like. Since gender specifically is mentioned, I can share that for the first half of 2019, more than half of our new hires were women. More than half of all promotions since 2017 have been female, and our female leadership population in particular is up from 2017 to 2019. While the numbers may vary across our different geographies and teams, overall we are making progress toward a more balanced gender representation at all levels of the company. Aside from diversity awareness, all newly hired or promoted leaders go through basic leadership training internally; and our team ensures continued education and conversation with focused trainings and communications through the year on topics from transformational leadership, change leadership, and performance ratings bias awareness. If you would like to talk more in-depth about any of your concerns or have suggestions of where we could place additional focus, please reach out to one of your local leaders or anyone on the HR team (in any location, doesn't have to be your current office!) - including our D&I Program Manager.

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Cons

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Getty Images Response
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Hello! Thank you for your review! We’re really glad to hear that you have a positive view of our culture, particularly the opportunity to engage with photographers and our adoption of new technologies. It’s also great to know that you found our environment supportive with opportunity for growth - we always aim to ensure employees feel that they can learn and grow within their role, and others. We also appreciate your feedback regarding communication during shifts and reorganizations. We recognize that periods of change can be challenging, and it’s important that our communication is clear, consistent, and inclusive so that employees feel heard and valued. We will work to continue to uphold our Leadership Principle of being trustworthy, transparent, and honest. If you have any other feedback you'd like to share, please feel free to email me at sarah.dudley@gettyimages.com
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Cons

- technology feels old - ai can take their livelihood

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Getty Images Response
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Hi, there - thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you’ve had positive experiences with the people here and that our team’s commitment to doing meaningful work stands out. We also appreciate your comments about our technology and concerns around AI. We recognize that staying current with technology is essential, and we’re always trying to invest in efforts to better support both our employees and the people we serve. If you have any suggestions that you'd like to share, or anything else on the topic you'd like to discuss, please feel free to email me at sarah.dudley@gettyimages.com
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