MySpace Reviews

Pros

New management has taken over and is making a real run at turning this place around.
Morale is the best since I've been around.
The new vision for the site is amazing.
The music catalogue is bigger and better than Spotify and Pandora (and it's free too).
We get free cooked to order lunch everyday.
Fresh ideas that are actually put into action, instead of falling on deaf ears.
Competitive pay and great benefits.

Cons

Historical turnover and layoffs under NewsCorp have hurt morale in the past.
Past mis-management and inter-office politics have given those that work here a bad reputation (however, new management has shown differently).
Previous regime was dead set focused on Futura and now we are all paying for their poor judgement.

Advice to Senior Management

You've shown a great sense of leadership and direction in the short time you have been here. Please stay the course and never forget that the user experience is the most important aspect to regaining our prominence!

Pros

Great people work at Myspace.

Cons

It is a shaky corporate environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Empower and trust your employees.

Pros

Lot of people know MySpace although it's going down. Whenever I mentioned I worked at MySpace, it'll start the topic with people easily and my friends always suggest to work for facebook instead? Overall, it's fun working experience and meets lot of people.

Cons

Frequent senior management change (5 CEOs) and five round of layoffs in 3 years all contribute to unstable employment and working environment. You need to be ready to be laid off or lose your coworkers and adapt to new vision all the time.

Advice to Senior Management

If you care about your employee more and have clear vision...

Pros

co workers were all enthusiastic young and eager

Cons

terrible management, pay was horrendous and the perks that were there, in the beginning slowly got cut off one by one in a matter of months.

Advice to Senior Management

shut it down and start over

Pros

Decent pay and benefits, ability to work remotely. Music team and side of business very exciting with a lot of potential.

Cons

Poor vision of future from senior management team. Part of Newscorp/Fox. UG. A lot of outsourcing led to a fair amount of dissatisfaction among employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Sell off everything but the music piece of the pie. Try for better partnerships with Facebook--you are out of the social networking business, so you might as well.

Pros

Some great people
Fast iteration and releases on the web site
Lots of potential
Interesting problems
Lots of users
Very fast pace

Cons

Too many layers
Management lack of trust
Too much politics
Management doesn't resource important areas
Focus on fewer projects with more resources

Advice to Senior Management

Too many layers
Management lack of trust
Too much politics
Management doesn't resource important areas
Focus on fewer projects with more resources

Pros

From 2005-2007, it was a fun, vibrant atmosphere. Pros include living in California, cutting edge online technology, free lunch, and friendly employees,

Cons

From early-2008 onward (after Facebook took the social networking lead), the party was clearly over. Suddenly there was a complete lack of focus, lack of transparency, and embarrassingly low morale.

Advice to Senior Management

At this point, cut your losses and sell the company. The purchaser should be of a mindset similar to a real estate developer who's purchased a dilapidated building on a good piece of property -- destroy and rebuild.

Pros

Very talented group, everyone were strive to deliver great products. Very fast pace but everyone is so laid back and handle stress effectively. Feels like a family within on both personal and professional aspect.

Cons

Management and cultures with regional offices are definitely not very inspiring. Job responsibilities were completely in-balance comparing other regions. Failing to be innovative, took so long to make one simple decision...

Advice to Senior Management

Just need someone who really care and passionate about social media.... continue to innovative

Pros

The people are the best. We have some of the brightest people out there. You learn and grow so much learning from each other. The Cafe isn't too shabby either.

Cons

Owned by News Corp so everything is $$ driven from quarter to quarter. The site is constantly being changed against the wishes of the users.

Advice to Senior Management

Let Myspace be Myspace!

Pros

Smart, wonderful colleagues and fun, interesting projects to work on.

Cons

Horrendous, inexperienced management, that did not know how to manage a team effectively.

Advice to Senior Management

They've all moved on - hopefully they've learned something.