Not the family that it once was. - Anonymous employee EMPIRE (CA) Employee Review

2.0
1 Jul 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great events, diverse team of cool and capable colleagues, very flashy opportunities

Cons

Terrible work/life balance, bad upper management, they will take advantage of you until they don't need you anymore.

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5.0
22 Jan 2026
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Pros

They let me post what I want and creative and push the narratives of my choice in order to increase visibility for their artists

Cons

None, i have no cons

3.0
15 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of diversity! People from all types of backgrounds work here. Pay is fair according to Bay area standards.

Cons

It seems like the company has been going through a rough patch as it has been growing (bought an expensive new office building, some teams rapidly growing, etc). But plenty of people also leaving because they're finding better opportunities, and good for them. This place may not be as toxic as a major record label but plenty of people have prior backgrounds from major labels, and unfortunately they bring over their toxic work attitudes which then proliferates and normalizes it for everyone else. The company is going thru an interesting transient phase which is kind of beating down the free-spirited nature it once had when I initially started.

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