The 3 green stars are for the creative department heads, the 2 inactive space fillers are for the rest of the company - Creative LEad Photon Employee Review

3.0
Jun 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

This is the best creative department to work in. Resources, flexibility, autonomy, training, amazing talent, great processes and outstanding people... you name it! The creative VPs protect the team from most of Photon's intrusive policies. This only applies to the US based creative team.

Cons

You can be manager level who's hiring young talent for you to train, yet you see them approved to make 1.5 to 2 x your own salary! New hires making more than their own reporting managers is shameful, frustrating, demotivating, demeaning, and highly unethical. Photon currently has no plan to make salary adjustment for their key people, only draining them till they give up and go somewhere else. They regularly announce great salary enhancement, but when doing your tax returns, you can't see any difference. Need to hire an accountant to keep up with your lost moneys.

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5.0
May 8, 2026
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Pros

Really good company to work for. Health benefits were great and was able to negotiate a good rate for my contract

Cons

Communication could improve in terms of staying in contact with the contractor. Working with the individual for their next role as the contract is nearing an end would be an area of opportunity as well.

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2.0
Apr 27, 2025
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Pros

Can be on interesting projects Some really good people If on correct team can be very good conditions such as remote work

Cons

Zero opportunities for growth Limited to no work/life balance No Severance Do not pay when on the bench Wrong team or manager the hr insanity can make it rough (One year they decided july 4th was not a holiday another they decided to lower the salary and increase the percentage that was bonus effectually giving everyone a pay cut).. Honestly a 2 might being generous but i have worked with some nice people there and the vast majority of the people were nice and good just wanting to get the job done . Any 5s are probably fake or the lucky few that do not have to deal with Photon Hr.

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