CMJ Does Not Pay - Anonymous employee CMJ Network Employee Review

1.0
7 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Festival team is amazing. It is incredible what the 7-9 people on festival staff accomplish each year. Everyone is smart, hard working and supportive. It is a very welcoming and fun environment to work in most of the time.

Cons

The new CEO is completely inept. Shady business practices, lies, and he is MIA 95% of the time. The pay rate is below market to begin with and he has repeatedly failed to pay salaries on time with people going over 6 months without pay. Staff is provided with little to no (believable) explanation. Much of the staff is also placed in the extremely uncomfortable position of dealing with vendors who have not received payment as well. The festival staff is amazing, it is such an unfortunate waste of talent.

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3.0
27 Sept 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company offers autonomy for the go-getter, career growth opportunities to rise within the firm, all in the context of a vibrant industry undergoing great change.

Cons

Office space is not a conducive environment for efficiency and productivity, compensation is less than market, technological infrastructure needs a significant upgrade, lack of qualified senior executives for mentoring purposes.

1.0
10 Dec 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It is a cool environment if you are into music and you want to dress casually. It is a good place to discover new music, particularly at the annual conference, which takes place annually in New York.

Cons

The management was totally inept. They were constantly cutting corners, and finances were always an issue. The company regularly overpromised and underdelivered to clients, leaving others to pick up the pieces to try and smooth things over. The music industry has been consolidating for some time, and those that are still spending money with the company to promote their artists deserve to be treated fairly.

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