Good environment, bad decision making - Anonymous employee Paramount Employee Review

3.0
4 Sept 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The offices are great, along with the location. Feels like a successful place to work at, regardless of the reality behind it at times. On a general basis everyone is friendly and gets along great. There's openness to new ideas and flexibility when working on projects outside the books. Non-existant dress code in certain departments, which makes everyone comfortable dressing however they feel like it.

Cons

Preposterous decision making by the higher ups who are out of touch with their audience. Tendency by the management to employ people who are buddies outside of work regardless of their skill or professionalism. Huge gap between the salaries of higher ups and the people at the bottom (there is no middle). When the mistakes of the higher ups turn into poor profit margins, it is the people at the bottom that get cut, while the said executives get rewarded with bigger and bigger bonuses and promotions.

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

One of the best companies in media I’ve ever worked for. Gave me great experience and tokens for a brighter future.

Cons

Leaving and going away fast

2.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Benefits - At the Digital Specialist, Account Manager, and Account Executive level the people are mostly incredible to work with internally - Most AEs are able to have their own offices, which helps significantly to drown out the noise of senior management

Cons

- CEO / Culture post Skydance merger: I never thought I would ever be in a position where I would want to leave a company because of the people. But that is starting to become the case. ELT/SLT does not care about the culture, hard workers, or rewarding loyalty. They will treat you like a number because the only thing anyone cares about (and its so apparent more than ever) is the bottom line. - Compensation and values - working for Viacom and CBS / ViacomCBS / Paramount before Skydance actually felt like it meant something. Now, no one knows if we're even valued and more often than not we're made to feel like every day of our lives here we have to prove our value over and over again. You never genuinely feel safe or comfortable here because there's going to be layoffs every 6 months. Other tech companies will give better compensation - Paramount needs to up their game if they don't want to continue losing their best talent. - You're literally just a number here. The company does not reward hard work or loyalty so it's best to just watch your own back because no one will have it here. They have let go of the best leaders that I've ever come across and have kept toxic egos only because they know how to play the toxic game that working here has become

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