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Universal Music Group reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,188 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 1,188 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
Sep 26, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free parking, company recognition and some event access.

Cons

Here, it is a Zero Sum game between Senior executives and between the rest of us. The goal of Sr. Management is to conserve each other at the expense of their direct reports. They have no accountability when quarterly or yearly benchmarks are not met, but instead trim the fat and dismiss people. There has been in my short time here, no one who is safe from this cowardly practice; My boss is a "Seagull" (swoops in, squawks, and drops unpleasant things on people). Most of Senior management lack the skills, tact and the talent to be effective leaders. They do know how to inspire their team to work from a vision or goal and only inspire the fear of losing one’s job if you don’t comply with their every wish. Challenging the status quo is not a respected virtue here. Everything is summed with the title of this review. Work here at your own peril.

5.0
Sep 4, 2014

Great Company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, competitive salary, great place if you love music.

Cons

May not be a place if you're planning on making a ton of money.

1.0
Jul 31, 2014

awful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No dress code. Santa Monica. Free employee parking. DMV across the street.

Cons

Very uneducated, unqualified and unprofessional managers including the Human Resource managers. People become managers and supervisors by how much butt they kiss and backs they stab. An over abundance of favoritism with food being the motivating factor. Several obese managers show favoritism towards employees which offers to buy lunch for them. If you are not kissing up you are excluded from concert tickets, extra long lunches and out of office parties. HR fully aware but look the other way and try to convince employees that they are the problem. Typical management and very common throughout the company.

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