Toxic Work Environment - Anonymous Studio-MLA Employee Review

1.0
Oct 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- interesting, high-level projects - while the team was small, a few colleagues were supportive and a pleasure to work with

Cons

- top-down, authoritarian management from the owner created a culture of poor management at all levels - opportunities for growth were extremely limited and at times was expected to handle work that didn’t match my job level - no real HR

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Pros

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1.0
Feb 24, 2025
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Pros

Project quality of their proposal targets = superb.

Cons

Interpersonal skills of management near zero. Name on the door is not even a licensed LA. Best people do not advance but doormats do. Be prepared for management that will lie, be needlessly harsh esp. when changing the rules / work hours etc. on a whim (Friday night IYKYK), allow unprofessional management interactions with clients and staff alike. and cause burnout, high turnover and lost contracts and projects.

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