Fun and exciting place to work - Anonymous employee TouchTunes Employee Review

5.0
May 29, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Plentiful opportunities to drive meaningful value and apply creativity to a profitable business and network that is growing into a product and tech-driven leader in its industry - Collaborative environment and relatively flat hierarchy, as employees at all levels and functions are encouraged to contribute ideas (and do so) - Product and company sits at the intersection of music, media and technology so there is naturally a culture focused on fun and innovation - Leadership is focused on doing the right thing for the business and not afraid to try new things and fail fast in order to learn from mistakes and experiment

Cons

- Being private-equity owned by investors focused on short-term exit can weigh heavily on staff morale, given the constant emphasis on trimming costs and optimizing valuation, though this is normal for any company undergoing disruption - Historically, the company has focused on B2B marketing to venues and operators, so there has been less focus on consumer brand, which can be frustrating for Marketing and anyone focused on driving external partnerships or conversations, though there are real strides being made here recently - Recent merger and dual company / product structure sometimes creates air of distrust and rivalry. As integration continue to play itself out, I'd expect a stronger sense of alignment and overall unity

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TouchTunes Response
8y
Thanks very much for your review. I appreciate you highlighting the collaborative environment, as that has been an important focus for me. With regards to the cons you lay out, I would say that these are all challenges of a company undergoing change and they are things we are making progress on (as you point out), but we still need to keep working at.

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