A great brand opportunity being wasted by incompetent corporate management. - Manager Paramount Employee Review

3.0
Dec 27, 2008
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Pros

Lots of creative, passionate, inspired colleagues at the staff level. Opportunities to network in the industry.

Cons

Out-dated, outmoded executive decision-making. People in senior management are dinosaurs in the industry and don't know how to capitalize on innovations in media, content development and distribution and brand positioning. Most decisions are made at the corporate (MTVN) level, which doesn't see the day-to-day reality of the MTV business or audience. They force dated thinking on staff, and expect staff to just follow-through without argument. The "culture of fear" referenced elsewhere on this board is alive and kicking, and it's sending good people out the door for better, less stressful opportunities.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Fun to work for a company thats put out real work that everybody has seen

Cons

Huge company so there's no relationship to the company itself. Just a thick contract

2.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Benefits - At the Digital Specialist, Account Manager, and Account Executive level the people are mostly incredible to work with internally - Most AEs are able to have their own offices, which helps significantly to drown out the noise of senior management

Cons

- CEO / Culture post Skydance merger: I never thought I would ever be in a position where I would want to leave a company because of the people. But that is starting to become the case. ELT/SLT does not care about the culture, hard workers, or rewarding loyalty. They will treat you like a number because the only thing anyone cares about (and its so apparent more than ever) is the bottom line. - Compensation and values - working for Viacom and CBS / ViacomCBS / Paramount before Skydance actually felt like it meant something. Now, no one knows if we're even valued and more often than not we're made to feel like every day of our lives here we have to prove our value over and over again. You never genuinely feel safe or comfortable here because there's going to be layoffs every 6 months. Other tech companies will give better compensation - Paramount needs to up their game if they don't want to continue losing their best talent. - You're literally just a number here. The company does not reward hard work or loyalty so it's best to just watch your own back because no one will have it here. They have let go of the best leaders that I've ever come across and have kept toxic egos only because they know how to play the toxic game that working here has become

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