Privately Run Family Business - Transformation Heading in Wrong Direction - Anonymous employee Freeman Employee Review

3.0
23 Oct 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

As a privately run, family business, Freeman has been around for almost 100 years and, as the top company in the live event space, has proven itself to be resilient. It celebrates its employees who are close to where the events are supported.

Cons

With all the growth and need for transforming the company to continue to provide excellent service, it has come at a cost to many of its corporate employees who have worked tirelessly to be part of the digital transformation to then be shown the door as new management has been brought in.

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5.0
15 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good people, good culture, flexible hybrid schedule

Cons

It’s hard to come up with any. Pay is lower than many companies.

2.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pros were the per diem and the opportunity to travel. I really enjoyed visiting new cities and collaborating with kind, interesting people from across the country at different show sites. The pay was also very strong during busy seasons.

Cons

If you want to join a company where employees are undervalued, expected to obey rather than think critically, and favoritism is openly visible, then please avoid this company. The environment often felt heavily micromanaged at every level of leadership, with experiences of both covert and overt racism in the workplace. There was also a strong sense of competition and distrust among coworkers, where people would undermine one another for personal gain. Leadership and upper management appeared far more focused on optics and appearances than the actual well-being of the employees working on the show floor.

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