Maximum Media Reviews

2.2

23% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)

Niall McGarry

18% approve of CEO

12% positive business outlook

Maximum Media has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 40 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Maximum Media employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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40 reviews
1.0
24 Jan 2018

An overwhelmingly negative experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Irish-owned company, produces fun content, has brilliant creative talent who remain faithful and productive. Outwardly at least, its brand is progressive and inclusive.

Cons

So much was wrong with this company it's hard to know where to begin. The main issue was terrible management culture, which trickled from the top down. A lack of a clear plan for our wing of the business between the then-CEO and owner Niall meant constant downward pressure on management and team, leading to stress and conflict at every turn. Niall and our CEO's lack of trust in their own team made it a confrontational environment. Niall's persona was key to this, and made it by far the worst experience of my professional life. Many former staffers from my area of the business agree their time at the company caused them personal distress and even trauma afterward, such was the pressure of the job and the degree to which the owner made business performance aggressively personal. Turnover was huge, thanks to the chaos that persisted. Work-life balance was non-existent and the internal culture was the opposite of the inclusive, progressive public brand in ways I can't comfortably detail here. I'm posting this because other former employees feel the same way, and it's important to warn potential applicants that while many of MM's staff have positive stories to tell, it's been a horrible experience for more than a few people.

1.0
15 Nov 2019

The House Comes Tumbling Down

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some sound people there, all battling for their lives

Cons

I'm glad to see the video doing the rounds that finally lays bare the dishonesty upon which this company was built. Staff are told to lie about performance of branded content, the business has been built off the back of click farms and lies. Clients, many with limited budgets, are being swindled out of their hard-earned money. Blatant "oh yeah, your sponsored article got 3,000 views" when it really get closer to 13 views. The media agencies are as bad for giving this business a free pass for years, because they were getting better kick-backs than from anywhere else.

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