PIX System Reviews

2.8

44% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Eric Dachs

42% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

PIX System has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PIX System employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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26 reviews
3.0
12 Jan 2017

Spaghetti Code

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good location in san francisco, good perks and job benefits, and the industry is interesting (which is what I assume is keeping most folks at the company)

Cons

No forward vision, small niche player, very very little company growth or job growth opportunities. Codebase is a horrible embarassment

1.0
31 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Get to see how a movie is made. Chance to interact with famous people Convenient office location Lots of vacation days

Cons

No Culture. Culture comes from the top. The CEO/Founder of this company, while he has some good ideas, has no idea how to lead his people. He tends to not communicate or socialize with most of his workers. Basically, the mood her is just come in and work, and work, and work. Fun? nope... No Work/Life Balance. While it has a good vacation policy, good luck trying to use it all. Since Sales/Exec level decision makers mainly come from Hollywood background, their expectation is that you work 24hrs to please the client. The thing is, in Hollywood, projects end and you can get a break. At PIX, the projects are going all the time with no break. Expect to get burnt out quickly doing stupid stuff. Favored Employees. If you aren't one, expect your life to be miserable. Employee who are detriment to the team are not removed because they are personal friends to the founders. Bad executive leadership. Just see above comments. The founders also tend to chase after shiny new features that are release half baked and abandoned. It wastes resources when they could be spent on overhauling the core product which definitely needs help Cheap. Whatever they offer, you can probably do better somewhere else. Raises don't come often... Secretive: They (upper managment) don't trust you there unless you are a Favored Employee. Expect to be kept in the dark on a lot of things about the Company's financial health. Also the company makes you a "Partner" when you first sign up and you have to pay them up front for the shares. If you quit, they take all the shares back and give you back the amount you paid. You will not gain equity if you leave. It's really a dick move.

1.0
22 Sept 2019

MOM and POP

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck. Strong financial backing from Founder CEO's billionaire family.

Cons

Privately owned 16 yr old mom and pop SaaS company, operating like tech start up. Ranting micro manager Founder CEO with zero prior business experience who cant see forest for the trees. Heads of Engineering, Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing, and Project Mgmt have all left in past one year. You will be asked to use your personal mobile device and call/data plan for work for which there is no reimbursement. You will constantly be explaining standards, best practices and policies. All your work is internally focused, you will spend most of your time presenting to co workers. Company is over zealous with use of apps, you will be required to daily enter what you worked on in Nikabot so mgmt can monitor you. Co mismanaged for years. Sr Mgmt make it known if you dont like it leave, so everyone is.

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PIX System Response
6y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. Over the last 18 months, we have almost doubled in headcount, made a competitive acquisition, built strong strategic partnerships and become a global company with offices in the US, UK and New Zealand. With growth comes change and we understand as a long term employee that this can be difficult. We appreciate you staying the course with us. We have asked and will continue to ask our team members to be adaptable and flexible so we can continue to serve our clients in an industry that changes and innovates daily. As our company has changed so much, it makes sense that the leadership model has evolved as well. We have introduced tools and methodologies designed to help us succeed and deliver on our goals. We understand that the communication around the implementation of these tools may not have been perfect but we have made a conscious decision to instill accountability and transparency into our culture. It's a work in progress but we will get there. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with us.
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