Hulu Reviews

Pros

great culture, opportunities, and flexibility

Cons

can't really think of any

Pros

Fast-paced environment, growing industry, autonomy, flexibility for employees, generous benefits, incredible leadership

Cons

The only con is the office location in Santa Monica can be a tricky commute from anywhere except the west side.

Pros

Great co-workers with really good pay for Los Angeles

Cons

Currently some uncertainty around future of the company, no one's fault really.

Pros

Decent Pay and Benefits, Good experience

Cons

Hulu was a very different company few years back. With all recent changes, especially after the new CEO took helm, Hulu turned into a typical big corporate with tons of politics. Growth is bestowed to few and select favorites. It depends on who you report to and how loud you can get to clamor about your promotion. Anyone close to "Big Folks" have better growth than others. Most of the recent promotions seem to be... offered to females as CMO, CDO are females. I have never seen in any companies VPs getting promoted to SVPs in such a short period of time without any visible impact on the company. People got multiple promotions in less than two years even when they were on leave for months. Hulu was a great organization when last CFO was leading the company. After she was departed, this organization turned into political quagmire. She was very difficult to work with, but she led Hulu like a very tightly controlled ship, with almost no room for politics. After her departure, Hulu has become a political battleground with everyone trying to fill the vacuum created by her departure. Decisions made are not typically best for the company but rather driven based on bonus and performance targets. Most of the recent growth is sham and based on stupid nonsensical decisions. You will have daily fire drills with multiple teams working on the same project. Coordination among teams are very poor due to power struggle. I would avoid Finance and Data teams in this organization. Marketing team is not better either with only 2-3 people making 95% decisions for the company.

Advice to Management

No point - They wont listen as I don't listen to them

Pros

Company really works hard to keep things fun: holiday parties, free snacks, beer. The benefits are really generous. There are some really cool and unique rank-and-file team members

Cons

Hired to many managers from old world media who are not entrepreneurial minded, the company has turned corporate and stifling.

Advice to Management

The company made it a priority to keep the office loose and to incorporate fun. Food truck parties, Halloween and holiday parties and gatherings to acknowledge important milestones. As the company got bigger, some new employees and managers fit in with the culture while others didn't. Some departments suffered from the hiring of outside managers from old world media. These individuals came in with antiquated... ideas and methods that quickly destroyed the moral of several departments prompting the exodus of a lot of talent. Sharing, transparency and praise/acknowledgement of team members' contributions eroded as these new managers concentrated on taking credit for everything and restricting information and participation of their teams. What was once an exciting place to work turned into an every day job that was filled with the normal inane office politics and corporate group-think and group-speak which left some people feeling like they had to tiptoe around their own company. Not all departments were infected but the decline of the open, inspirational and experimental culture was felt by many across the company and slowly more and more talent left to escape toxic environments. Remember, people don't leave companies, they leave managers. And a lot of people left due to bad managers. While there are remnants of the shining start-up on the hill, Hulu is now just another corporation with stories of how there was once real magic in the halls.

Pros

Great culture, stocked kitchen, wellness stipend, great benefits.

Cons

Uncertainty post being acquired by Disney

Pros

Nothing at all. Maybe the snacks?

Cons

Management is racist and the workplace culture is more political and bureaucratic than any other company I've worked at. Great place to work if you want to be made like you're worthless. You have really smart people at the very bottom reporting to managers and directors that happened to be friends with a VP but have no experience or education or any credentials that would merit such roles and high salaries. And... their contribution shows how little value some of these directors bring to the company. It's no wonder why the retention rate is so low. People come in and leave a month later. People don't get the salary or promotions that are deserved. Do yourself a favor and skip this company!

Advice to Management

Maybe evaluate people based on merit, and don't use racial slurs when you're referring to the people that are working hard so you could collect the high salaries you get paid undeservedly.

Pros

Great Benefits and Awesome investment in culture. Free TV without ads is a nice perk too.

Cons

- Customer Success department was separate from HQ - Poor management