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Paramount Pictures reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(619 total reviews)
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Brian Robbins

53% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Paramount Pictures has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 619 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paramount Pictures employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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619 reviews
1.0
Jan 30, 2018

Former Intern

Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed being on the lot and the interaction I had with all the other interns.

Cons

Despite being incredibly excited to land my internship, looking back at it, it was pointless and a complete waste of my time. It also didn't help with the fact my intern supervisor was actually incompetent and condescending. I get strong personalities are a part of working in entertainment but this individual was ridiculous. Furthermore, the fact this supervisor is still a part of the internship program is actually absurd. Additionally, the small department I worked for was a complete mess, and communication between all of them was terrible. I've held numerous internship positions, but even though this is the most recognizable company on my resume, my time with Paramount/this department was by far the WORST internship throughout my undergraduate career. Paramount is on the decline and I am happy I'm no longer a part of the company.

3.0
Apr 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Despite being a lower rung employee at Paramount, I made a decent salary for Los Angeles. I learned a lot, had good benefits and perks. HR was proactive about coaching higher level managers when issues arose.

Cons

Toxic work environment. Constant layoffs created air of paranoia and pushing additional work on already overextended employees without additional compensation or title changes. Lots of unnecessary yelling and snark from all angles. There are very few middle managers, so if you're a coordinator or assistant, you basically have to leave the company to move up because much of middle management has been eliminated.

1.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lovely surroundings, the studio is looked after by dedicated team of great people of Paramount Pictures' facility and studio teams.

Cons

IT leaders need to be culled, infrastructure is dated and constantly in maintenance mode, bandages over bandages, the entire infrastructure is one giant technical debt. There is no investment in technology or employees. Most of the IT management are bullies, and constantly flap their wings to make sure you know they are important on the most minute tasks. Women beware, management discourages you to be proud of your promotion and will not make any announcement or celebrate your success, he will ask you to keep it quiet, as he doesn't want retaliation from others. A different story for men however, you will get a big announcement, and be praised in all hands meeting in front of all your colleagues.

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