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1.9

6% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Founder & CEO Uli Behringer

Uli Behringer

6% approve of CEO

Ratings by category

1.9

Compensation and Benefits

1.6

Career Opportunities

1.6

Work/Life Balance

1.4

Culture and Values

1.4

Diversity and Inclusion

1.4

Senior Management

Ratings distribution

5 stars

9%

4 stars

6%

3 stars

3%

2 stars

24%

1 star

58%

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Updated 22 Sept 2023

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Pros
  • "The people I worked with are great people who made it a friendly place to work.(in 4 reviews)
Cons
  • "We were ordered to send emails to our direct manager, he would read them and build a new email which would be sent to another manager, whom would then read that email and send a new one to the originally intended recipient.(in 3 reviews)
    1. 5.0
      12 Apr 2020
      Engineer
      Former Employee, more than 1 year
      Manchester, England
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun most of the time I enjoyed it

      Cons

      Not fun some of the time, those day were bad.

      1. 1.0
        22 Sept 2023
        Engineer
        Former Employee, more than 1 year
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        They'll sell stuff cheaper than anyone else

        Cons

        Rip off everyone's IP endlessly. Never engineered anything, just pure copy pasta.

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        1. 1.0
          28 Jun 2023
          Mechanical Engineer
          Current Employee
          Manila, Manila
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          good for learning and as stepping stone.

          Cons

          too much micro management. wfh meaning you work always from home till you break down. no work life balance.

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          1. 5.0
            30 May 2023
            Senior Engineer
            Former Employee
            Alberta, AL
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Cocaine every day, lots of free shmoo shmoo

            Cons

            Not enough cocaine and we only had 4 hour lunch breaks

            1. 4.0
              15 Feb 2023
              Senior PCB Design Engineer
              Former Employee, more than 3 years
              Makati City
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Uli Behringer is a great leader.

              Cons

              Being based in a 3rd world country limits the pay

              1. 1.0
                4 May 2012
                Senior Manager Marketing
                Current Employee
                Bothell, WA
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Very Good Products. Understand Financially Sound. High level of passion of many employees who are pleased to have the opportunity to work in an industry that is aligned with their love of music.

                Cons

                Task driven, micromanaging Management Team driven by beliefs and management style of CEO. CEO, Uli Behringer, sets the tone with extreme micromanagement; task driven and very impatient; poor establishment of expectations and requirements with minimal directional communication; and conflicting behavior whereby praises an employee publicly and then employee released. Senior Management driven to similar management style (actually in our office their seems to be little respect for the individual with unprofessional behavior - swearing at employees should not be tolerated!) Very high level of change with zero communication on why and general direction of the company. Culture of fear. CEO visits then question is who will be gone. Everyone in very high panic. Very poor HR processes - poor appraisal system whereby many employees have had no performance reviews for years; unfair salary management with nil increases over years whereas company does well financially; no knowledge of how to attain promotions; no career planning; and little communication from senior management or direct manager.

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                1. 1.0
                  27 Jun 2014
                  Over IT
                  Former Employee
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  The employees are pretty cool and very hard working. Most are musicians and have a passion for music.

                  Cons

                  This place can be classified as a chaotic hell, and the CEO loves the smell of fear and rotting employee corpses. All the negative things that you read on the forums, internet, and on glassdoor are true. It doesn't matter who you are, how amazing you are, or your skill set. You will be set up to fail and become another number. Heed all the warnings and just look for a job elsewhere. Also, the pay is way below average and they might mention the possibility for a raise etc, but I guarantee it will never happen, even if you receive a promotion all you will receive is an "Uli Buck", which can be redeemed for company swag....don't ask, anyways this place is bad! Just run!!!

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                  1. 4.0
                    29 Jun 2011
                    Anonymous Employee
                    Current Employee
                    Bothell, WA
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Been here for about 3 years and it's a really cool place. Always loved to work in the music industry and boy, this company is happening. The people are really nice and the team spirit great. We had some people leaving but I believe this was for the better. With the new management things become much more stable and the our activities in social media cutting edge. I like the CEO's direction and the company is growing over 50% this year. No joke!

                    Cons

                    While I somewhat agree with other posters that there are lots of policies in place I have to say that I understand why. This is such a fast growing company with 3500 employees and multiple locations it would be impossible to coordinate everything without having clear handshakes and rules in place. It's a very organized and structured company but unless you are organized yourself the place might not be for you.

                    1. 1.0
                      1 Feb 2013
                      Anonymous Employee
                      Former Employee
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      Most of the employees are very pleasant to work with, but upper management is insane

                      Cons

                      Salary, Upper Management, Policies, Big Brother Approach, Lack of training on systems, Lack of Communication, Poor Planning, No Bonus Plan, Inability to take a lunch or even go to the restroom without being micromanaged. Maybe the company should implement a hall pass policy so we can eat and go to the restroom in peace! This place was by far the worst place I have ever worked in my entire life!!!!!!! If you see an ad to hire, run for the hills...............You don't want to be sucked into this vortex. You're liable to suffer both physically and mentally if you stay too long. Toxic environment.

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                      1. 2.0
                        4 Nov 2013
                        Anonymous Employee
                        Former Employee
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        With only a couple exceptions, everyone in the Bothell office was great too work with. PTO and Benefits package were generous.

                        Cons

                        Pay was well below average, I made about $15k a year less than the median salary for my position. Location was also terrible--I had to commute out to office-park hell in the middle of nowhere. A lot has been said about the CEO and Senior Management. Most of it is on the mark. It is a company that is perpetually in transition. Most plans and strategies aren't given a fair chance to play out before Senior Management is urged to change the direction, usually at the prodding of CEO. It's a scatterbrained, chaotic approach--one that hasn't paid off considering the turnover, low morale, and the rumored closure of more than one office. Terms like "Knee-jerk" and "anal-retentive" are in no way an exaggeration and are fairly generous compared to what get thrown around in the office when nobody was listening. People who show initiative get canned the fastest, due to non-conformity with Uli's "vision." Best to keep your head down and quietly get your work done--or as much as you can considering molasses-slow approvals and critical systems (phone, email, etc) being down more often than not. I think the team could have gotten a lot done and made the company a boatload of money had Uli, et al stayed out of the way and let us actually do our work. Quite often I expected the lights to be turned off and the locks changed when I showed up on Monday morning.

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