things just keep getting worse - Anonymous employee Vibrant Media Employee Review

2.0
Mar 20, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

if you are a "chosen one", you will get a large raise and a guaranteed bonus for the rest of the year if you sign a contract promising not to quit before years end. Work life balance is decent too.

Cons

I was hired almost 3 years ago and was told then about all the good times and Xmas parties from years past and that the company was "pivoting" (they say this about once every 6 mos now) and about to turn the corner for greener pastures. I turned down another offer to work here. Since then: *the entire C level staff quit or was let go...all within about a 3 week window (see AdAge article) *numerous rounds of layoffs including a large one just a few weeks ago *a lack of innovative products. we have become a copy cat company waiting for other companies to develop something cool, and then we copy it *the lack of leadership and communication from Sr Mgmt is astounding (no true CEO or company leader) *revenues have been falling since I got here (hence all the layoffs) *the strategy for the company changes weekly as I have worked on so many projects that all of the sudden get eliminated so we can "pivot" to yet another direction *the "perks" or benefits here are practically non existent *the attrition rate here is easily the highest of any company I have ever worked for, which makes it hard to keep momentum when working on projects *the culture has taken a nosedive since the first year I was here. Im sure all the layoffs have something to do with it Does that sound like things are getting better?

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 17, 2016
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Pros

-Learned more here than any company I've worked for -Some of the employees are genuinely nice people -Free insurance

Cons

-Work hours are bad (9a-6p) -Work/life balance only applies if you live in Manhattan -Senior Mgmt is completely clueless -Cronyism is the way of life here -Entitlement of Senior Mgmt is out of control -Promotion through attrition is an everyday occurrence -Zero formal training -No 401k match -Salary not competitive -Silos built between departments -Frequent rounds of layoffs to save money -Constant, blatantly stupid ideas and demands that waste money and bring in zero revenue

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