Pros
How jealous all of your friends will be because they think you have a cool job... except they don't know the cons...
Cons
It’s a really sad place to work despite being regarded publicly amongst the most high energy brands in the world. I’ve never met a more dejected, down trodden group in my entire career. Full of underpaid staff who’ve worked there so long I’m convinced they either can’t get another job and/or are obsessed with comics as evidenced by the stampede whenever there’s an internal sale full of leftover product that nobody wanted to buy at Disney World. Ego’s run really high and boasts of working at Marvel for 30+ years(as if that’s something to be proud of) run rampant. One of the cheapest places I’ve ever worked despite Box office BILLIONS. Toilet paper is a privilege, the kitchen has no coffee, and the microwave belongs in a museum — it doesn’t even spin on the bottom. The noisy industrial water machine, complete with little clear cups like the drug test urine ones, is broken at least twice a month. Get used to seeing “Caution, Slippery floor” cones since they’ve yet to repair the leaky pipe underneath the kitchen sink. Everything is on its last leg. Extremely paranoid work environment. Your computer is handicapped from doing anything except your actual job. They blocked the internet once, in general, for “security reasons”. They also send test spam e-mails to try and trick employees into clicking spam links only to reprimand anyone who may have accidentally fallen for it. Company wide e-mails were sent saying anyone who failed the spam exam would be “targeted”, though thankfully we never found out what that actually meant. Also if a celebrity happens to walk around the office, don’t look them directly in the eye or engage them in any way — people have gotten fired for doing so. When you join, there is no welcome package, there is no on-boarding. Don’t expect to have a clean desk or a supply closet with a pen. You’re given the rules of the land and left to fend for yourself. I went without a computer monitor for the first few days because they were “looking for one”. I guess they didn’t stumble upon a Best Buy during the hunt. It’s a publishing company through and through — archaic. You may love the movies, and the comics, and the characters but quite frankly… avoid this place like the plague. It’s a terrible place to call work and a dark cloud over the Disney portfolio. The simple truth is that since the films do well, nobody cares… but if you decide to be an employee here, it’ll be amongst the saddest years of your career. I’m telling you… don’t do it. #YOUREWELCOME
