Viacom Reviews

Pros

Great atmosphere right in the middle of Times Square, large company with a heart that takes care of their employees.

Cons

College Credit was the only payment, the internship was an excellent view into the corporate life. However there was no monetary gain.

Advice to Senior Management

More individual feedback for the employees and increased atmosphere for the office. Freedom of accomplishing duties of the job is excellent.

Pros

Opportunity to move from one division to another. Gives employees a broad base of different experiences with a wide variety of brands/audiences.

Cons

Certain divisions are not held accountable for poor performance.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote based on employee merit and talent not favoritism.

Pros

A compnay that truly embraces you for you. Always looking to champian diversity in various ways while continuting to produce one of a kind content.

Cons

It's easy to get "lost" when it comes to networking and getting next steps. It takes special kind of people to know how to navigate and push through to achieve what they truly want.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to champian employees and allowing them to know and embrace the conusmer, viewers, and various marketplaces that love this company.

Pros

Knowledgeable staff, access to resources, congenial work environment.

Cons

Sometimes slow to get one the technological support that is needed.

Pros

Creative enviornment
Wonderful benefits
Good work/life balance
Encouraged to try new things
Compassionate management during personal crises
Can be a big fish in a small pond depending upon department
Amazing flex time options (work from home, comp days)

Cons

Borderine incompetent management
Some executives land top jobs with little to no experience if they have the backing of infuential executives
Completely lopsided top Viacom management to freelancer pay discrepancy
Younger milennials can be entitled, unprofessional and more of a negative than a positive

Advice to Senior Management

Critically review your middle management tier and consider some of your top performers for promotions-don't rely on the word of top executives (how did they get those jobs in the first place?)

Pros

The name recognition the company has.

Cons

Poor pay and upper management does not support or care about you.

Advice to Senior Management

Care more about junior staffers.

Pros

The people here are very friendly and are eager to help you if you need any help. The executives are caring and look out for you too.

Cons

The only downside I have I guess is the salaries aren't amazing but it's a good trade off when you go to a work in such a happy place. It would also be nice to update the computers a bit.

Advice to Senior Management

There's a shared drive which can be accessed by all the staff including interns. It would be safer if each folder was password protected.

Pros

Viacom is a place where employees are truly passionate about what they do and creativity is the driving force of the company. Viacom has an experienced senior exec staff and knows how to create short and long-term value. We are in good hands.

Cons

Sometimes the programming can be edgy and with that comes a negative reaction from the public, which puts what you do in a negative light.

Advice to Senior Management

More regular, and casual communication would be great vs today we get very formal updates on our financial results each quarter.

Pros

One of the best perks of working at Viacom is the work/life balance. Summer Fridays is a great example. When I worked there we got every other Friday off in the Summer.

Cons

The biggest downside I experienced while working there was the pace of personal/professional advancement, by which I mean it was non-existant. I worked there for several years without a pro-motion in title.

Advice to Senior Management

I would have loved to have proved myself with more responsibility, but was never given the opportunity even when I asked.

Pros

One of the best reasons to work at Viacom is being able to exercise your creativity and seeing the results of your work show up on air and seen by millions. There is really no rhyme or reason to some of the thigns we do which can be great if you harness if properly - you'll get a chance to do things no one has ever done before so it's like a laboratory for ideas. The people really make the workplace and I've had a chance to work with some incredibly talent folks who are my lifelong friends now.

Cons

Viacom is a very competitive place to work as it's such a desirable company to work for. Many times it seems like you don't get enough support from senior management because everyone is always trying to prove their worth to the larger organization. Also, because it's such a creative environment, it lacks the structure that most other companies have in place to ensure fairness and clear direction.

Advice to Senior Management

The people who work here are passionate about their jobs for a reason - they want to see the channels succeed because they hoenstly care. Please show some of that care back to the employees and really listen to what they need. Help us make sense of the madness that is making creativity blossom and most importantly, pay us what we deserve.