Is Paramount a good company to work for?

Paramount has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 5,554 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Paramount to a friend and 24% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Paramount have been left by employees working as Internship , Marketing Intern and Finance Manager .

Does Paramount pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Paramount employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Paramount. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Paramount?

47% of Paramount employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Paramount 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Paramount?

Intern (209) , Director (114) , Manager (100) , Coordinator (83) , Executive Assistant (71) , Producer (63) , Software Engineer (58) , Production Assistant (57) , Vice President (54) , Analyst (45) , Senior Manager (40) , Account Manager (35) , Account Executive (34) , Project Manager (34) , Associate Producer (33)

What are the pros of working at Paramount according to real employee reviews?

"The people there are great and everyone is passionate about their jobs." ((in 593 reviews)); "There are a lot of services on site which are of great benefit including a wellness studio." ((in 389 reviews)); "Great culture and very flexible and chill" ((in 287 reviews)); "good work/life balance compared to other companies I've worked for" ((in 210 reviews)); "i had such a great team and everyone in the company was very welcoming and kind." ((in 138 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Paramount according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and they keep you as a project based employee forever while promising to make you full time." ((in 247 reviews)); "Poor management and disconnect across business" ((in 175 reviews)); "Low salaries and difficult to advance due to intense politics." ((in 160 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and changes every 4" ((in 152 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 72 reviews))

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Paramount reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(710 total reviews)

David Ellison

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24% positive business outlook

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3.7

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3.5

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3.3

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3.3

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2.9

Senior management

2.9

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2.0

Jan 24, 2013

Great products, benefits, atmosphere, and location but rumor has it they're downsizing.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Essentially, this is a media organization, one that delivers excellent content across all products. Casual yet professional culture makes this a comfy place to work. Health and dental benefits are generous. CEO Jim Lanzone wants to bring a start up vibe to this original of start-ups now property of CBS, which will hopefully translate into CBSi being able to adjust to changing markets and technology better and faster than has been the case in the last 5+ years. CBS.com is the most successful product.

Cons

Rumors abound that the company will be downsizing a little bit at a time. Bad decisions, lack of vision, nepotism hurt the growth of my business unit and was frustrating to watch. Compared to software industry, compensation is low. Again, this is a media organization. Wish they didn't match 401k contributions with CBS stock. It's performing well at the moment, but at the end of the day, who wants media stock?

3.0

Jan 21, 2013

Sounds a lot more exciting than it actually is...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great salary. Health and dental are great as well. Strong name on a resume. Great opportunity to network (be sure to save your own copy of client names and numbers).

Cons

Boring. Other than that all seems ok

2.0

Dec 29, 2012

Small enough to grow and have influence professionally and start your career, but don't stay too long

Director

Recommend

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Pros

Good place to get your feet wet in the internet/new media industry at a mature, well-established company CBS Interactive is small enough (~2000 worldwide) to be influential at the manager or higher level and to move up if aggressive Ideal San Francisco location, close to variety of transportation options and restaurants/bar/stores Great, fun folks to work with Good work/life balance Monthly company happy hours with free beer, wine, and food Ping pong table, arcade games, shuffleboard Company break room with discounted Peet's coffee Paid shutdown between Christmas Eve and New Year's usually for most employees BUT in 2012 NYE was a work day (not sure if they may cut back on this in the future)

Cons

A lot of folks punch in and out each day and are not necessarily passionate about their jobs Shadow/sniper-like layoffs in the past year: small groups have been laid off here and there in the past year, replacements not always hired for those who leave. As a result, various teams feel under-resourced and overwhelmed. HR recruiting team is also under-resourced and recruiting tools are out of date to get the best candidates in the door Products and sites still feel out of date despite the fact that product is purported to be top of the management team's agenda (e.g., Fantasy sports, CBS.com video player, lack of personalization on CNET) Revenue and site growth is not as robust as other similar internet companies CBSi is only a small percentage of CBS Corp's overall revenue so has little influence on the CBS Corp overall CBS Corporate is old and stodgy (pdf newsletters are emailed out, corporate benefits and expense form sites are extremely out of date) Very little is keeping the most talented folks from leaving; benefits are not on par with other internet companies in the area Undermarket salary unless they try to match a competing job offer Significant salary increases only come with promotions

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