Chaotic, not somewhere one can last long term - Anonymous employee Mad Employee Review

2.0
6 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits, especially given the industry. Good exposure to artists and learning about work.

Cons

Little to no training, distrust between employees, disorganized. I was salaried but there was an expectation I would work over 8 hours when museum was open. It was hard problem solve or ask questions without being met with outright aggression. This instilled fear in team and morale was on the ground. Historically high turnover rate. It feels like the founder almost wants you to be a mind-reader.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
11 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you laugh hard enough when the owner marc apatakin belittles you, he might like you. You may get lucky and work with a client that actually doesnt hate our guts.

Cons

There is this whole 'micro-managed, constantly watching, waiting for people to mess up' feeling to the place, like you're set up for failure. There is rarely any positive reinforcement, or "good job", but if someone makes a mistake, they'll definitely hear about it or they'll be yelled at by the owner. The managers are inept. They are not bad people, they just don't know how to manage and supervise usually due to the fact that they are friends or family to the owner. Which leads to micromanagement to where they expect you to work over 40 hours each week, and if you dont youre already on deathrow to the hot head boss just waiting for any mistake you can possibly make now. At this point you will get yelled at and belittled by the owner. Most are pushed to their brink and others are favored. If youre looking to work for a company with room for advancement look elsewhere as even reviews and raises are hard to come by. The company is worth more or less 20 million so the work and productions is there however all projects are taken in with no regards to deadlines. Were always late and most time mistakes happen most our clients are always upset with us rightfully so, so you will also hear it on the end as well.

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