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First Look Media Reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)
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Michael Bloom

26% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

First Look Media has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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16 reviews
2.0
28 Sept 2016
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Pros

Fun environment for the most part Zero pressure Work with fairly new tech

Cons

Saying this objectively as I can - the current tech leads are terrible engineers and terrible managers. Everybody are fun to socialize with but work-wise, it's a terrible environment. They are using some new tech like GraphQL, but they are abusing it and not using it correctly. There is a very strong mentality of "I know everything" so there is little reason to take a step back once in a while to review how things are done and to make them better. I've encountered multiple instances of being verbally pummeled into silence by a potty mouthed tech lead for trying to raise different opinions about different issues. He actually admits that he talks people into submission. Basically gave up after a certain amount of tries. I wish them luck.

3.0
7 Oct 2020

Nice office

Recommend
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Pros

Got to work on an editorial team with smart people, great views from office

Cons

Execs do not know what they're doing

4.0
6 Nov 2017

Great ethos. Space to do good work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Time and space to do valuable work. Good ethos and culture. Good work life balance. Ambitious. The bagels.

Cons

Few spring to mind journalistically. A certain opacity around business decisions and ensuring the journalism reaches a sustainable footing.

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