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      Velir Studios reviews

      3.0

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (73 total reviews)

      Dave Valliere

      60% approve of CEO

      33% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      Velir Studios has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Velir Studios 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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      Reviews by job title

      73 reviews
      2.0
      May 24, 2018

      Significant negatives and revolving door staff outweigh few positives

      Senior individual contributor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Nice, regular mix of company sponsored outings, events, trips & activities - Most individual contributors are smart, passionate, down-to-earth people - Good work/life balance which tends to be uncommon among agency life with some work from home flexibility - Good benefits and vacation

      Cons

      - Inexperienced and inconsistent C-level management with a total lack of real leadership poise/presence; results in poor decision-making on a regular basis - Perpetually changing organizational structure (mostly within Operations) - CEO should probably be CFO; focuses heavily on financial nitpicking to a fault and is unable to extract himself from granular day-to-day operational and finance responsibilities - Promotions can be difficult, unless you're one of the favorites or you're fortunate enough to be assigned to a highly visible client with a hugely successful project - Pretty much every single project that comes in as new business is under-budgeted, under-staffed, over-promised with an unrealistic timeline in order to win clients/projects; Project and account teams are regularly setup for failure from day 1 - Inconsistent and seemingly "dartboard throw" determination of revenue targets which drive end-of-year bonuses; Communication regarding tracking against financial goals is basically smoke and mirrors, actual company performance is anyone's guess until the numbers are all final at year end. - Below market salary and compensation, particularly in non-senior roles - Lack of cultural diversity within management - Incredibly high turnover rate within the last 2-3 years, seemingly accelerating. At the management level alone: COO, CSO and several VP positions have fled over the past 18 months - Obsessed with internal organizational and financial perception, resulting in complete lack of transparency - Lack of accountability (though this is improving)

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      Velir Studios Response
      8y
      Thank you for taking the time to write this review. It covers a number of things and we appreciate your effort to provide us with honest feedback on your experience here. Admittedly, the review was tough to read. In part because there are certain areas that you called out (leadership, the estimation process, etc.) that we have already recognized as needing improvement and are working hard to change, but also, because we never want anyone’s experience at Velir to be this way. We have invested heavily in several strategic hires in leadership (with a powerful depth of experience in the agency space) in the past few months, and expect these investments to result in impactful change across the company over the coming months and years. We are also focusing strongly on continuing to refine our operations and estimation abilities, and are confident that these changes will better set our teams up for success moving forward. We are glad you find your colleagues to be smart, passionate, and down-to-earth people, and also that you enjoy our benefits, work/life balance, and the events we work hard to plan for everyone. We will continue to enhance these offerings to ensure they meet the needs of all our employees. We are doing our best to run a thriving, profitable, independent agency that also maintains the unique cultural attributes that make us Velir. We will incorporate your feedback into our process of making positive change and will continue to focus on how we can improve our environment so that you or others don’t have similar experiences in the future. If you would like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to contact our People Operations team (po@velir.com) or your manager.
      1.0
      Jul 14, 2016

      Not recommended for senior personnel

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Commute, benefits are not bad

      Cons

      Politics, Passive aggressive anal upper management, management does not want to take responsibility for their team and blame the team members. Too much process and not enough to show for it

      2.0
      Jun 22, 2025

      Unrelenting

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fully remote, generous time off, summer Fridays. Some employees are genuinely nice folks.

      Cons

      Oh boy. There are a lot of drawbacks, here. Days are packed with back-to-back meetings. Days have to begin early for clients in East coast/ Europe, and you will still have to stay late for client meetings for those on the West coast. Growth team makes promises to clients that are totally unattainable, and when expectations are not met, then the client thinks the shortcoming is because the team hasn't worked hard enough. Team often asked to work weekends and holidays to meet aggressive timelines. Since the days are so dense, it's incredibly difficult to pivot when urgent needs come up. Most team members are deeply burned out. No one at Velir has ever discussed career paths, so roads forward are totally unclear. Team members are allocated at 100% for client work (40 hours a week billable), and then also asked to attend all-hands meetings, lunch-n-learns, management meetings, department meetings and to consult on Sales. NONE of those are included in that 100% allocation - that's all on top of the 40 billable hours. Expect a 47 or 48 hour work week with 8 to 12 meetings a day. Developers are the only ones who get allocations for professional development.

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