Universal Music Group reviews

Inept management, toxic culture, low pay, continual layoffs, no clear company strategy, top heavy, low morale, still operating like it's 1999. Do not expect to succeed at this company with your own merits. There are no performance reviews. There are no such things as salary increases. The company doesn't care if you do a good job, good job mediocre job you still get paid the same. Most people left have no motivation to put in 100%, when they are clearly being paid at a 60% rate. There are very inept people that the company retains, and very qualified people the company pushes out (to fuel execs' own agenda and survival). HR is a joke - they are at the whim of executives and have been laid off in multiple waves.

After 2021 IPO, company adopted an ultra-corporate, outdated approach to music business overall.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.