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Universal Music Group reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,185 total reviews)
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Sir Lucian Grainge

76% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Universal Music Group has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,185 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Universal Music Group 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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1K reviews
2.0
Jun 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free concerts and CDs, I guess. Good location. Decent health and 401k, but pay is low. Throws good parties.

Cons

Poor hiring decisions leads to leadership with no vision and poor work ethic. Some departments very understaffed and under budgeted. Others staffed and budgeted like it's still the 90s. No rhyme or reason to the discrepancies between the two. Constantly crying "no money" despite #1 market share. Mostly straight white male leadership. HR is a joke. Poor performers are rarely fired. It's hard not to whisper in every new artist ear "Run, they don't care about you and will do virtually nothing to actually develop and market you".

3.0
Jul 13, 2015

Average Company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great perks. Free week off between Christmas and New Years. Occasionally they have small free concerts on Friday mornings in the Santa Monica location. Excellent people serve on the board of directors.

Cons

Extremely childish environment. Women tend to be overlooked. Very hard to get advancement unless you're related to someone senior.

1.0
Feb 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are no pros for working for this company. Their Human Resources Department is a joke.

Cons

No training and enforced overtime whether you want ovetime or not.

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