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      LANDR Reviews

      3.9

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (71 total reviews)

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.8

      Culture and values

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      LANDR has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LANDR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      71 reviews
      2.0
      30 Jun 2020

      Something needs to change

      Accounting/finance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great people to work with

      Cons

      - They don’t care about diversity as much as they advertize - It is harder for minorities to get promotions or raises - Employee retention plan is not effective and inexistent - Everybody leaves due to exhaustion or because they are being treated unfairly For a long time, I believed that the company could achieve so much more to celebrate diversity, as promised when I interviewed for the job. That is the reason why I stayed for so long. Following the death of George Floyd, I tried to make the company aware that they should be responsive to what was happening all over the world but was told ‘’This is not our cause’’ and that they had been advised not to take any actions. In the contrary they asked the employees to figure something out for themselves but that management wouldn’t initiate anything. Mind you, this is a company that has build a large portion of it’s business from Black music. I also made HR aware that micro aggressions were happening all the time in the company but I was always dismissed. I was also told that people from management couldn’t comprehend why the Black lives matter movement crossed over in Canada and that they believed that ''ALL lives matter" so why just focus on the black people. As ignorant as this statement was, I was still hopeful that management would educate themselves on the matter and come up with a plan to show their clients and employees that they really did care about the situation. I wish that they would acknowledge the existence of racism in Canada, and especially the existence of systemic racism or plain racism at LANDR (that even management takes part in). I suggested that the least the company could do would be to organize a mandatory sensitivity training to all levels of the company. Once again, I was dismissed and I was told that this initiative should come from the employees and not from management. As a company that is so tightly involved with the music industry I think that this is unacceptable given the fact that black people have contributed so much to music. I consistently had to justify my work and my value to the company whenever I asked for a raise. Meanwhile around me, many people would get raises with little to no effort. When I spoke up about it to my direct manager, I always got some excuses without much substance to explain why. I had to spend about two months tracking my everyday tasks to justify a raise, while working extra hours

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      LANDR Response
      5y
      Hello. We’re sorry to hear your thoughts about your time at LANDR, specifically related to the lack of diversity and attention to minorities. As an organization, we are committed to the safety, well-being and inclusivity of our employees. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels included and heard. We take pride in the fact that our environment is inclusive and take care to hire and promote employees regardless of age, race or gender. We consistently work to make sure that our employees feel welcome at all times. The Black Lives Matter movement has shaken the world, and we at LANDR are not immune. In determining how to respond to the events following the death of George Floyd, we felt we needed to balance taking action with acknowledging that we don’t have all the answers. This is why LANDR took time to get input from multiple individuals before making a public call for all of us to educate ourselves further and provided resources for doing so. Privately, we also donated to support a local Black rights activism group. Finally, last year LANDR formed an internal independent Diversity committee to hold the company accountable and to help make sure we’re constantly making strides to improve ourselves and the world around us. It is this committee that we called on to help us craft a longer term plan to ensure that our actions were not just a one-time reaction. Our management and HR teams are committed to addressing any and all instances of racism. This is why we were so sorry -- and surprised -- to hear that you felt unsupported with regards to instances of microaggression. To the best of our knowledge, all employee concerns have always been investigated and addressed. However, if you feel that this was not the case, we would ask you to please communicate the details of these events to members of our HR and/or executive teams so that we can ensure these issues are resolved. Even if you have already left the company, if there are issues we are unaware of, we can at least aim to resolve them so that no one else experiences this. Finally, with regards to pay raises and promotions, these are awarded based on an employee’s annual performance review, internal equity, as well as the current market trends, to make sure our employees are properly compensated. Thank you for taking the time to write your review, and for taking the time to read this response.
      2.0
      3 Feb 2022

      A company with great potential but that is unfortunately falling apart. Stay away.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      flexible hours, great colleagues, cool product. There's something endearing about working in a music tech startup where most employees are musicians. there are some truly talented people working here. But the most talented are the ones who are slamming the door the hardest on their way out as of late.

      Cons

      This company is absolutely unable to manage its growth. CEO often seems like he has no clue what he's doing even though he talks like LANDR is the best and biggest company in the industry. He makes the entire company pivot to new projects over and over and pressures everyone to deliver within absolutely unrealistic timelines on opportunities where the due diligence has simply NOT been done (cease and desist, anyone?). Many of these projects end up being abandoned mere weeks after everyone has been squeezed to the bone like it was the next gold rush. This is demobilizing almost everyone in the company and many many core players have resigned in the second half of 2021. One of the heads of product is a tyrant who simply does not consider anyone's opinion, micromanages and imposes her ideas on everyone even when she clearly isn't the subject matter expert (ie: she is not a native english speaker nor is she a musician yet she dictates word for word english copy that is destined to musicians. When we later run a/b tests, her copy performs miserably but her leitmotiv never changes. Keep in mind, LANDR has professional copy writers that are english speakers and are musicians) Finally, if you aren't on the product team, don't ever expect your opinion to be considered, no matter what your position is. I was there for less than two years and i saw two marketing VPs come and go. And they were talented people. HR seems equally clueless as to what is going on and this is further proven by the way they respond to the comments here on glassdoor. My guess is they know exactly what is going on but are forced to play along since they are HR. Blink twice if you want out, HR. I know it doesn't seem like it, but I honestly don't have hard feelings towards the company. i left of my own accord because i felt it was time for a new opportunity where i'd be able to have a say in decisions that were made. I was optimistic that management would turn things around but i'm hearing that things are only getting worse and i feel extremely bad for my ex colleagues that are still on this sinking ship.

      3.0
      6 Jan 2016

      Good if you're a developer/ If you're a man.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Nice team of talented people to work with. An interesting product that could change the lives of musicians.

      Cons

      The lack of a real HR department led to stressful internal politics. These politics have divided teams and have created a difficult working environment. At times, the internal politics have affected the quality of work teams can produce. Senior management fails to put their egos aside and therefore, has trouble treating employees with respect. Their attitude and politics seem to be more important than working on single company vision. They may 'care' about musicians, but they don't care about their employees.

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      LANDR Response
      8y
      Hello, A Director of Employee Experience was added to the team shortly after you comment. We hope to be in a better position to help our staff feel that they can use their full potential! Thanks for sharing.
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