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The Roman Empire of the Music Industry - Anonymous employee Universal Music Group Employee Review

2.0
Jun 7, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Roman Empire-sized company with spectacular breadth of artists, creatives and iconic brands. Generous PTO packages. Many cool and smart employees (a few knuckleheads here and there in middle management, as in any music company).

Cons

After 2021 IPO, company adopted an ultra-corporate, outdated approach to music business overall. Not great for growth. Beware: Biased gatekeeping practices, project budgeting, antiquated promotion processes, and other serious company culture issues. HR is a deceitful nightmare and should return to prior policies highlighting employee wellness. Considering the CEO can't even get the stock price higher than $20 a share (for over 2 years now), his outlandish compensation package is nonsensical insanity at best. Apple or Amazon should buy them out and restructure them for the 21st century.

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