Universal Music Group Reviews

I genuinely am writing this so no one has to go through the same experience I did working for these guys as their Creative Producer, especially another woman. Looking back there was red flags from the interview process. They make you do a ridiculous exercise after the 2nd interview, expecting you to create budgets/call-sheets/ put creatives together for about x7 different projects. They should pay for this time, as it was about 3 days work. I was offered the role within the final interview, looking back, this is a huge red flag. Shows they have no formal interview process that they follow. Once I started the role, I felt I had been set to fail from day one as they had no idea what the team were doing and they don't understand what a producer actually does. You will have no support network, no fellow producers, no one understands what you actually do across EMI. I constantly felt like an island. The intern taught me how use to the finance system as no one else on the team correctly knows how too. Lack of delegation from senior management, every request seemed to have so much bureaucracy. The pay is substantially lower than elsewhere, you're expected to do overtime on the regular. There seems to be high turnover across the board, they seem to terminate people for doing a good job on a regular basis, within my first week, I was told they had fired their commissioner the week before. My boss made a remark towards me in front of several women co-workers, that "I should wear nothing to the UK MVA awards". I felt uncomfortable on a regular basis and had to have one on one meetings with him, where he built lego throughout. Theres too much work and not enough resources. Half the artists have spent their budgets, so you're often stranded with trying to pay freelancers months after shoots. They also go over budget on all their jobs (?) unrealistic creative decisions for the budgets they are working with. There is evidence that there is some sort of corruption going on, as a producer its your job to ask questions, I found that the Creative Director/Head of Creative didn't want to provide any answers. Unprofessional on so many levels, including their HR department. My boss delivered feedback via a Whatsapp message, instead of talking to me in person. A LOT of big male egos. Expected to hangout with co-workers and attend a lot of events. You will never get time back in Lieu. Its clique, the guys that have been there for a long time make no effort to engage with the rest of the young new hirers. As a previous freelancer said "The whole of EMI needs burning to the ground and re-building" - Good luck but strongly advise to do your mental health a favour and avoid!