Paramount reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(3,975 total reviews)
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Robert Bakish

42% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Paramount has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,975 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paramount employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Feb 6, 2018

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

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Pros

- Began moving in a slightly better direction with Bob in 2016/17 - If you are lucky, you may land a great boss that can further your career and teach you the industry. Some SVPs will constantly promote their reports, but others literally never promoted anyone in the 6 years I worked with their team

Cons

With 6 years under 4 separate teams across Viacom, sadly I saw these across the whole org: - Constant re-orgs, layoffs, and people trying to escape. I had 6 different bosses and 15 bosses bosses. My last team was a complete turnstile of escapees at all levels - Rampant sexism / biases. Two SVPs that I worked with would only hire women and gay men (one even randomly and openly told me while drunk at the holiday party). Another team would only hire Jewish people and told an Arab contractor to leave the country. One SVP told her direct report that she wasn't wearing enough makeup to be promoted - Runs on politics. Many teams won't work with each other. Bob's helping, but not enough - Promoting the wrong people. Professionalism and working towards a common goal is useless. What matters most is sucking up to your boss/their boss. One co-worker started as a Director, wouldn't respond to e-mails/meetings/calls to anyone other than his boss or above, and is now an SVP who still follows this strategy - In 2016/17, levels seemed to be devalued. You'll get 26 year old VPs that aren't professional or making the right decisions, and 30 year old Managers that are go-to's yet stuck per politics - Digital is still not the focus of the company. Leadership across divisions came from the linear business. When layoffs occur, it's mostly on the digital side. You can present an idea that will double revenue or viewership in Digital, and leadership won't care because it's basically doubling nothing to them - Viacom is increasingly relying on a Project-Based-Employee workforce. As most of these jobs are actually not project-based, they are illegal. This is bound to catch up with the company just as their unpaid intern program did

2.0
Feb 4, 2018

Development Stasis

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The opportunity here is being a part of a major entertainment network. It is in the process of reinventing itself to play a meaningful role in the TV streaming space.

Cons

Inconsistent efforts and development process leading to mixed results with attempts to evolve their product experience forward. Senior leadership has a pattern of listening more to their Sr. EVP's voice than their customers which keeps things from consistently improving in meaningful ways.

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