A great brand opportunity being wasted by incompetent corporate management. - Manager Paramount Employee Review

3.0
27 Dec 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of creative, passionate, inspired colleagues at the staff level. Opportunities to network in the industry.

Cons

Out-dated, outmoded executive decision-making. People in senior management are dinosaurs in the industry and don't know how to capitalize on innovations in media, content development and distribution and brand positioning. Most decisions are made at the corporate (MTVN) level, which doesn't see the day-to-day reality of the MTV business or audience. They force dated thinking on staff, and expect staff to just follow-through without argument. The "culture of fear" referenced elsewhere on this board is alive and kicking, and it's sending good people out the door for better, less stressful opportunities.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

People who were at Paramount before the Skydance merger remain talented and amazing people.

Cons

The post-Skydance merger Paramount is an aimless corporate with zero resources, and respect for existing employees. Senior management are coming from Disney, and they’re hiring all their previous Disney colleagues, while laying off employees that have been at Paramount through ages. There has also been a shift in demographics where White men control the power. It’s disheartening to see amazing legacy leadership get demoted and sidelined in favor of incoming White male leaders from Disney. The new senior management will say things like, “We want to invest in people that will stay with us and grow,” yet layoff an entire division that have kept this company running through all the transitions. The disrespect is just ridiculous.

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