Blockhead Reviews

- A business that prioritises profit and client outcomes, with staff well-being often taking a back seat. - Career development is not a strong focus for upper management, who at times opt for cost-cutting measures that can result in experienced staff leaving, only to be replaced with juniors whose training is passed on to senior team members. - A reactive, “putting out fires” approach is part of the everyday culture. - When issues arise, there can be a tendency to focus on assigning blame rather than addressing the underlying leadership and management challenges. - Upper management, in some cases, lacks the experience needed to fully support the team and operations.

Overtime is not only normal here but expected from you. Late nights are very common and artist burnout is a normal thing to see. The staff turnover rate at blockhead is high both for artists and production. The blame game is common here. When a problem occurs it is not looked at as a team, but more a witch hunt to find and reprimand the artist who made the mistake. The M.D/E.P is from what I can tell a generally unkind and cold person. Not the kind of upper management you want when trying to build relationships and grow your business. She is ill equipped for her position, is disrespectful to anyone she deems "below her" and when you talk to her she seems to talk at you instead of to you. She lacks the maturity, levelheadedness and presence of mind to be in such an influential position for any company from what I can tell. Juniors are churned through here like a meat grinder, eventually leaving when they're had enough. Jaded from the outset, Blockhead is not a good springboard to enter the industry. Pay is below market rate here, and including the unpaid overtime is far too low to be competitive. If Blockhead reached out to past employees to conduct an anonymous exit survey it would reveal a lot that could be used to improve the company and help it grow. One massive difference between Blockhead and other companies is self reflection and a genuine interest at improving. Its common at other companies for management to survey and get honest criticism from staff to help improve the company, ask what works, what doesnt, how to make the workplace better and create an environment that everyone enjoys and loves to work in. I never once experienced anything like this at Blockhead. Absolutely 0 self reflection on the part of management. Very disappointing.