Orbit Media Studios Reviews

Pros

Orbit is a great place to work! Management does a great job hiring intelligent, hard-working, and overall great humans. The company prides itself on work/life balance and building a supportive and fun culture. It's a very process-driven company which enables the team to handle the large number of web projects that come through the doors. Very easy to ask questions and learn from fellow teammates.

Cons

Smaller company so not as much room for growth... but the small company vibe could certainly be viewed as a good thing too.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what your doing and supporting your employees! You've created a very fun place to work.

Pros

I can easily, and confidently say this is the best organization I've worked for and was certainly the best career choice I ever made for myself in joining this team. The atmosphere is electric, the people are great at what they each do, and the approach that we take to our work is ever-evolving! Pros: - Management of this company is top-notch. Two partners who are at the top of their games when it comes to what we...

Cons

- We are going through some various process enhancements/adjustments. So there are some growing pains with accommodating new processes while continuing to manage our projects, but we're changing as we learn more and adapting to the needs of our clients. So this would be typical. This should be expected as, internally, we're always trying to make our processes and deliverables better for our teams and clients. - Things...

Advice to Management

For now, to keep doing what you're doing. I can't speak for every single person at Orbit, but I know I'm happy. You're not making decisions that are making me pull my hair out...I've spent enough years going through that at my last place of employment...so thank you! Minor note: sometimes our internal mini-projects get de-prioritized because we're so busy...and that's a good problem. We're just busy, so this is understandable,...

Pros

- Challenging work with a lot of local Chicago companies. - Fun team environment. - Great collaboration. - People truly care about what they are making and results. - No big egos getting in the way of progress. - Creative freedom and leadership in my role. - Lots of social gatherings to hang with co-workers. - Respectful and encouraging management. - Excellent work life balance - coming from someone with kids!...

Cons

- You need to be a bit assertive, yet humble and confident to be a leader in this environment. No wimps allowed. - Some short deadlines, but doable. - Tedious time tracking, though it is helpful to the management of projects and future strategy. - Must be a good speaker and have the ability to discuss challenging topics with mid to large size groups (may be a con for some)

Pros

Great people, family focused, work life balance is a priority, work with well known Chicago brands, very transparent about company health and growth, smart people with a passion for digital work, your voice matters, overall just a great place to come in each day.

Cons

Can't think of any, had a great time working there, learned a lot about UX, Design and business strategies.

Advice to Management

Keep it up!

Pros

- Friendly, family-oriented group of people - Comfortable, quiet office - Good place to get your feet wet - the work is just challenging enough. - Usually have a paid holiday shutdown between Christmas and New Years.

Cons

- It was hard to sometimes figure out who was in charge. Made it very confusing. - People were helpful, but did not always have the ability to support if you were struggling due to their own workload. - Found after the fact that the pay is below industry average for the position/area.

Advice to Management

- Keep a good communication plan and a defined plan for employee support and reporting.