startup environment - Anonymous employee BuzzMyVideos Employee Review

One of the best workplaces I've ever had the opportunity to see real power dynamics at play. A great case study for that, for how influencers from the "lower ranks" can have a big effect on an inefficient management, and on how a toxic environment can make mostly all your employees turn against you. A must-experience if you want to found your own startup one day, as the perfect example of how not to do it.

The product is shameful, actually there is no real product. This company consists in milking a percentage of the earnings of YouTubers ("creators") for nothing in exchange at all. The new "strategy" is bribing some of the youngest creators with gadgets and lower commission taken to lure them into renewing the contract, although all of them are desperate to leave. Management is inflated (some mid-level management levels are unnecessary) and stubborn, lacking not only serious listening skills, but also grounded feet, and creativity (they only copy what proved to fail with other multi--channel networks). No career plan, no real benefits for employees (being in a co-working space that provides fortnightly breakfast is NOT a benefit, neither is "having the opportunity to work as a human", as they bizarrely state on their job postings).

With the company being a start-up it gives you the opportunity to learn different areas of the company outside just your day to day role. This is obviously great to learn new skills and broaden your knowledge. Because the company is so small you do develop much better relationships with everyone else and it brings a wide variety of different interests, cultures and everyone gets along well.It makes for a great social team which both of my previous work places lacked. Your performance is key and it's certainly noticeable in a company of this size. This can obviously be a good and bad thing. Good individual performance is celebrated however some times work can be slow and this will also be noticeable too. Good environment and great people working with a common interest in a growing and exciting industry.

The start-up aspect of the company means that workload can vary. You have good weeks and you have bad / slow weeks and as mentioned performance is noticeable on an individual level. Sometimes you can feel like nothing is going your way which can be frustrating especially in certain tougher markets in the industry. Even if you're not finding immediate success however you are noticed for trying.