Matte Reviews

2.7

37% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)
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Max Pollack

43% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Matte has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Matte employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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42 reviews
1.0
10 May 2021

The Fyre Festival of Companies

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

some nice people work there cool office dogs allowed

Cons

Not really an ad agency... It's 3 "bro" owners who are friends that do "event production", and all the other content follows that. In other words, they throw parties at clubs for their friends and then have people take iphone photos of it and call that a 'case study'. They try extremely hard to look cool- and that is the entire point of this company, the end. They cannot retain serious and experienced creative talent due to the atmosphere of unprofessionalism and lack of vision coming from the owners. Poor handling of budget and resources results in rapid expansion and then layoffs, freelancers don't get paid for months. Unfortunately, I can't recommend the place unless you don't mind working until 4am multiple nights a week/weekends for awful salaries- in which case just go work for an ad agency people actually recognize. Depending on what you want to do with your career, it's becoming a bit of a social media agency, so if you are very young and want to get your foot in the door as a social media manager this might work for a year or two helping out with their instagram content- which is 90% of their content. You'll be treated OK if you're a young wannabe social media influencer or one of the owners personal pals. They did the marketing for Fyre Festival, a hilarious parallel given that the company itself is more of a disaster than the festival.

1.0
24 Apr 2021

WORST COMPANY. STAY AWAY.

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Pros

a few cool clients but there is no other pro's of being here. they will pitch clout and cool work because thats all they have.

Cons

horrible leadership, horrible benefits, 3 greedy selfish white dudes appropriating black culture, horrible pay, disrespectful communication , no self awareness, be careful of the contracts you sign , you will never get paid on time, forget about any time you have for yourself, zero room for growth, they hire young people who are financially illiterate

1.0
9 Nov 2020

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

-independence with projects -relaxed office environment

Cons

-extremely egotistical and inexperienced management -expect favors instead of paying for work -constant harassment from freelancers on payment and finance department completely avoids communication -50% pay cut to all staff at start of covid, no clear communication on when pay would be reinstated, yet expected even more output and for all staff members to hustle for new business -all women in management were laid off at one point There are quite a number of reviews under the company's other name, MATTE Finish.

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