The Mill reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(338 total reviews)

Robin Shenfield

42% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

The Mill has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 338 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Mill 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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338 reviews
1.0
Sep 12, 2019

Bad management, even worse favoritism

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Pros

If you are young you can learn a lot about the industry as it seems most people there are also new or have come up from non-production positions. There is a lot of rotating staff and employees so one can move into other positions or departments when there are openings.

Cons

There are a lot of young people - management, producers, etc... - that are clearly new to the job and as a result there is a level of professionalism missing. The studio struggles to separate work and life and takes advantage of employees willing to work by not paying them enough and giving them plenty of hours. There is little to no ownership of projects or separation of departments so peoples job descriptions and tasks are intermixed - resulting in confusion and 'double' work at times. Scheduling of projects is also poorly handled and week to week could be dramatically different - sometimes 5-6 projects start on same day and other times there is 1-2. I realize that's dependent on outside forces but work suffers when you take on too much work without regards to how its going to be done, i.e. communicating with necessary teams. COMMUNICATION IS TERRIBLE STUDIO WIDE.

3.0
May 8, 2019

Amazing Talent, Poor Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Greatest group of people I've worked with. The majority of the talent is amazing at what they do – truly some of the best!

Cons

Executive Management (EPs, some heads of departments), don't objectively run their teams. There is a clique-like aspect, they lean heavily into favoritism and emotions, and little is based on performance and/or execution of work. It is very political and strictly hierarchical – there is little opportunity for upward advancement unless you have a personal (and unprofessional) relationship with higher ups. Requires you to play the game *really* hard. Additionally, no bonuses (though verbally new hires are told there are) and no cost of living salary adjustments.

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