Area15 Reviews

Nepotism to the MAX. CEO built this place to be his personal party spot. He hired his girlfriend to do creative stuff, which is just pathetic parties no one shows up to. I’ve heard that the head of marketing is related to the CEO’s ex wife some how, though I can’t confirm. The other main guy is the ex husband of the CEOs girlfriend. Another smattering of people are the CEO’s girlfriend’s high school friends. They all act better than everyone else. They claim they want to be like Disney but they are CHEAP and everything is poorly built on a budget. Despite poor customer satisfaction we still book terrible music acts and run terrible experiences like Brainstorm and Museum Fiasco. HR treats everyone like the enemy. They act like they are going to take care of stuff but then treat management like they screwed up but turn around and do the same to lower level staff. No one in this company that doesn’t have a C in their title is ever listened to, even if they are an expert in their field. This is mostly what is heard from people that are dealing with them directly, but it’s not a secret in this company that the top people screw everyone over by just doing whatever they want. They claim to love employee feedback, but no one gets an opinion out of the people who work in New York. They even did a “town hall” were they interviewed executives as if it was celebrities at a comic con panel, lobbing softballs to them the whole time. The marketing team is full of people who are constantly high or drunk at work, and they make everyone uncomfortable when they are around. Basically, it’s a playground for the “inner circle” and everyone else is expected to work their backsides off to make them happy. It seemed like this place was really doing something different when I joined. People seemed to love it and people working here seemed to like it. It unfortunately is a place where the best management is either miserable or just leaves because of the lack of support and crazy demands asked of them, which makes those of us under them just as miserable. I want to believe they will get their act together but I’m losing faith.

Terrible pay for the amount of responsibility they want to give you Most departments have no training since the senior employee has only been there for 3 months and also wasn't trained. Managers can't be bothered but will chew you out for not knowing better No benefits, no overtime Toxic Positivity Some departments are completely hostile work environments and management shrugs it off Inconsistent scheduling/No respect for your time Most of upper management is beyond incompetent and only got their job because they are friends with someone. The good managers end up leaving after constantly picking up everyones slack and not bring appreciated for it Nothing in the building is consistent, things are always breaking and not getting fixed in a timely manner. Floor staff is blamed for the issue when they are short staffed, overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated Regularly being a shoulder for someone to cry on from the stress