Marvel Entertainment Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good people, entertaining products, a sense of pride in the company.

Cons – I worked there in the eighties and nineties. I understand that it has become much more bureaucratic since then.

Advice to Senior Management – Lighten up. It's comic books. Let everyone share in the creative fun, not just the the mainstays.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Web design interns work in cubicles rather than in the intern work stations.
- Experienced a working environment and got to observe how employees and teams interact with each other.
- Got to be involved in other tasks/projects other than the intern responsibilities that I was assigned.
- Dress code, for the most part, is pretty casual in my department, so I was able to dress comfortably.
- Learned new tricks while I worked on the design of the sales/featured comics bricks for the website.

Cons – - Never got to experience a team/department meeting in the conference room(s).
- My school goes by a quarter system, so I was only an intern for 11 weeks (this isn't a con for Marvel, but just a general Con because I would've loved to extend my internship if it were possible).

Advice to Senior Management – I think it would be a great idea to bring your intern(s) along for one or two meetings so they would get a chance to observe and experience what a meeting in this kind of industry is like.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment part-time for less than a year

Pros – they know how to treat their emplyees

Cons – long long long long hours

Advice to Senior Management – more organization

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – High profile brand name.
Overall the Company makes great products ie comic books and films.

Cons – Not enough bathrooms.
No regularly matching 401K plan.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a risk once in a while. Spend some budget money.

Current Employee – been working at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – They hand VP titles out like candy and you get a discount on the licensed products they sell to their employees.

Cons – Low pay, lousy benefits, politics, management encourages an environment of fear, mistrust and inappropriate demeaning behavior. Heavy turnover.

Advice to Senior Management – A PR nightmare for Disney waiting to happen.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – Looks good on your resume, good experience to see how work in the publishing/creative arts field is done. Also is exciting to work at the famous Marvel company. I learned a few tricks of the trade here.

Cons – Interns do not get paid, however many interns elsewhere don't either.

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for the opportunity!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Marvel Entertainment as an intern

Pros – A fun, laid back culture.

Cons – none that i can think of

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – Friendly people, nice environment. Relaxed and everyone's cool.

Cons – They don't pay their interns.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your door open. Communicate.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – Free comics on Fridays which was enjoyable.

Cons – As an intern I felt I was doing labor.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Marvel Entertainment

Pros – Great editors that have fun with their creative teams. The editors do a great job with putting together creators who work well together.

Cons – Deadlines can be rough. That is the nature of the industry. Overall they are one of the better comic book companies to work for.

Advice to Senior Management – THe best thing about Marvel is the atmosphere. The more this can be created and grown the better for everyone involved.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend