Entertainment Partners reviews

Terribly underqualified leadership and oblivious upper management. Catty management team and incredibly top-heavy, resulting in a "too many cooks in the kitchen" scenario. VP spent ridiculous amounts of money on their own travel and "entertainment" expenses resulting in a negative deficit on the department with zero accountability. Our particular group was very manipulative and selfish on the management level leaving other members of the group with little to no room for advancement, even though it was communicated otherwise. Their lack of leadership and management skills left our department at a standstill and not nearly as profitable as they could have been. Direction was often vague, if any was given, and responsibilities were unclear. Much of the tasks given were to the direct benefit of the management - employees were left doing their work for them and then criticized for not having work done of their own. After the EASE acquisition, the only people left unscathed were the EVP and VPs. Everyone else was demoted via title and given misdirection on expected tasks on a daily basis. It's a shame. There was a time that this was a great company to work for. They seem to have lost their focus and grown increasingly selfish.

Wow...where to start. There is a saying that says the grass isn't always greener on the other side. This is certainly the case with Entertainment Partners and their massive shakeup of the company in the interests of becoming more profitable. After hiring a CTO (a company first) and the acquisition of Ease, it has been nothing but confusion, calamity, and chaos. Both of these events wouldn't be a problem if A) they had actually hired a CTO that was semi-competent and B) they had actually thought through the buyout for more than 10 minutes. As always happens when one company buys another, some people are going to need to be let go. But it would have been nice if they had actually thought about whom to let go so teams were not completely decimated by the losses. And this is the continuing problem with EP: require top results but don't give the resources needed to complete the job. Or in this case, simply take them away. Then when upper management demands to know why deadlines or goals are not met, the head hunting begins and there's always a sacrificial lamb. Just pray it's not you. You know it's bad when the company holds all-hands meetings and warns that no dissension will be tolerated. The phrase used was "you're either in or your out". Yes...you've made that abundantly clear. If you like being continuously frustrated, overworked, and enjoy the challenge of dodging the knives constantly coming for your back, by all means, apply today. If you like career opportunities and growth...look elsewhere.