Great company back in the day, terrible since MySpace acquisition - werkgeversreview That Would Give IT Away ; ) bij Specific Media

2,0
30 jun 2013
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Right now? None. Back in the day pre-MySpace acquisition, good team, good budget, good new high-end tech kit, fantastic penthouse office overlooking London with on-site gym. That's pretty much all gone now, there's nobody decent left there. I wasn't laid off, but several of us remaining left out of loyalty to our fallen comrades.

Minpunten

Multiple rounds of layoffs starting just after MySpace acquisition late 2011, several problems arose from pairing with that company including extremely poor management and budgetary control at the most senior levels of management, budget drain, layoffs, talent drain, loss of competitive advantage, weakening sales. Screwed a lot of my ex-colleagues on redundancy in the second round. A real shame it was one of the very best companies around in 2009-2011 when it was booming and building out. Our alumni simply can't believe the decline of such a lush high end high tech environment to what it has become as of 2013. MySpace's huge infrastructure and operating costs bled SM. Sales also had problems since SM used to be ahead of the competition and therefore "selling" was easy since people wanted what we had, but when competition caught up, it turned out sales didn't actually know how to sell in a competitive market, which made sense since it looked like they hired sales people based on their hair dye rather than talent. I couldn't wait to leave but I do miss the on-site gym and penthouse office at Central Saint Giles even though I know they don't have it any more.

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5,0
12 okt 2021
Anonieme werknemer
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I really enjoyed my time there.

Minpunten

I had no cons while working there.

3,0
15 nov 2010
Anonieme werknemer
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You'll definitely get lots of interesting projects in a challenging timeframe. Management is flexible with regard to time off, and my direct management, at least, was very results driven. Salaries, while just a little bit low, are reasonably competitive. Snacks are provided, lunch is catered every month, and the holiday parties are quite the shindigs. If you are on the right team senior management will leave you alone to do your job.

Minpunten

Senior management at this company values saving face and making money above *all* else. However, because of this, they tend to cut off their nose to spite their face. Terrible management and resource allocation decisions are made for political reasons, and sometimes for no discernable reason at all. A geographically diverse management structure makes for turf wars and resource starvation for critical infrastructure, and while HR is well intentioned and competent, their influence is very much limited with senior management. Because of that, extremely abusive situations have happened and took much longer than necessary to rectify, causing a significant amount of turnover and brain drain.

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