Getty Images reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(662 total reviews)
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Craig Peters

76% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Getty Images has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 662 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Getty Images employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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662 reviews
1.0
Nov 14, 2019
Recommend
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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.
2.0
Oct 9, 2019

No Forward Momentum

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent benefits, interesting challenges, wonderful coworkers. Depending on your manager/department, there is a great chance to work independently.

Cons

Getty Images requires a large personal commitment with little monetary or career development pay off. Upper management does not listen or understand how to move the business forward, so they put pressure on the lower rungs to get there, starting new projects constantly, hiring new teams, and then laying off those teams as soon as they don't show immediate returns. Comp structures have been changed to make advancement unappealing and upward movement/training is nonexistent. They also retain employees who actively harm the work environment while claiming a no tolerance policy for harassment. Diversity is used as a selling point in content, but not seen in offices.

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Getty Images Response
6y
Hi, Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful review. While I'm disappointed that your experience wasn't great, it's important to me that we are creating an environment in which people feel like they can succeed. Perhaps more importantly, we strive always to create an environment free of harassment. If you are open to a conversation to discuss your experience, please do reach out at lizanne.vaughan@gettyimages.com. I would love the opportunity to address your concerns directly. Thank you, Lizanne
1.0
Oct 8, 2019

Avoid working here

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Pros

Good benefits ( 401K matching, commuting, health insurance)

Cons

Place lacks respect for employee values. This may not be true for entire company and maybe limited to specific departments. Stay away if you are a Muslim and dare to fast during Ramadan (this can be used against you as anti social and not a team player).

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Getty Images Response
6y
Hi, I'm very sorry to hear that this was your experience. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging where all employees are valued. While you are no longer here, I'd value a conversation with you to learn more about what you describe in order that we address a lack of cultural awareness in meaningful ways. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at Lizanne.vaughan@gettyimages.com. I appreciate your help in our journey to improve the experience of all employees. Thanks, Lizanne
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