HBO Max Reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

45% positive business outlook

HBO Max has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HBO Max employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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101 reviews
1.0
25 Jun 2021

Toxic Organization

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive salary Free HBO Max Easy to get promoted if management likes you

Cons

If you have NO experience in streaming or TV and love drama then you will fit right in. This organization is completely mismanaged from the top-down and it's clear that everyone is afraid of getting fired/laid off so there is no cross-team collaboration. They pretend to care about diversity and inclusion yet they bully and gaslight the POC employees. Leadership loves to cause drama and creates extra work for no reason. Work/life balance is non-existent and while the salary is competitive, you will be treated like an entry-level coordinator. No one ever takes responsibility for their mistakes and will routinely throw others under the bus to take the blame for their mistakes. Employees are too afraid to speak up because if you do you will be considered a trouble-maker and then forced out of the company.

1.0
14 Jan 2022

Toxic Environment Full of Entitlement/Terrible Company Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is decent, alongside the benefits. You get to meet many different people

Cons

If you're a person of color be careful stepping in here. There's a ton of gaslighting, micromanagement, and people do not respect work life balance here. Nevertheless, you're expected to bend backwards for a company that does not value you at all. Microaggressions, passive aggressiveness, and people on their high horse about their "careers" is very much a pattern at this place. Be prepared for conversations behind your back. Mentally tiring and dehumanizing to be there.

1.0
11 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are part of the handful from privileged backgrounds with little to zero sense of the television industry, then this is the company for you.

Cons

If you are not fortunate to be included in the cliques of the company, then this is not the place for you. A business operating akin to a slaughterhouse where the ones running the joint are also the chickens with their heads cut off. Very limited lack of hiring resources to help a fledgling network. A veneer of prestige with racial and transphobic insensitivity bubbling underneath the surface. Another example of many lacking in understanding of the TV industry falling up the ladder which is then illustrated from the stress of leaders never having positions this high-up taking it out on their more knowledgeable underlings. Despite being called “max” their ability to understand creatives is at a minimum.

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