Downhill since merger - Software Engineer Crunchyroll Employee Review

1.0
25 Jun 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Passionate coworkers, interesting work, hybrid system with meals

Cons

Had a lot of issues that got worse after merger. Horrible communication between the different departments. Contractors weren't being paid in a timely manner. Benefits that got taken away without warning. Horrible communication from upper management. Useless meetings. Business jargon that people see through. Layoffs where middle management wasn't notified who was being let go, which created a massive logjam of work for everyone else. Some longtime employees getting fired due HR to not filing papers correctly. Underpaid compared to the market, but since you love anime, you want to work there. Spending a lot of money on a fancy office, despite workers being underpaid. Hard to get promotions. I've been here a long while and saw the different acquisitions. Each one, the company lost a bit more of its soul. I left when I couldn't take it anymore and immediately found a better paying job with a better title.

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Cons

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