MySpace Reviews

Current Employee – been working at MySpace full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good company to work far on par with google or facebook
Technology innovator
Comps are pretty good
Benifits and discounts and all
Food

Cons – Too much management
Too late to react to competition

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MySpace

Pros – Great mid-level team eager to change things around

Cons – Incompetent, political management on ego trips

Advice to Senior Management – Learn about the industry in which you are operating.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MySpace

Pros – was great at the time. great network, loved the product

Cons – bought by specific media a few years ago

Former Employee – worked at MySpace part-time for more than a year

Pros – There were really some fantastic employees here who were brilliant at what they did. With millions of users and Fox as their parent company, the tools being built and the media deals being run created some incredible products that were completely ignored by the public because it was easier to dismiss the company at large because of neglected user profiles.

Cons – Way too many middle-management staff that provided input for no other reason than they didn't know what else to do. Lots of insider deals to work or not work with vendors for astronomical costs.

Advice to Senior Management – Drop the name.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MySpace full-time for more than a year

Pros – It took some convening for me to join the company, but I'm so glad I did back in 2009. The CTO at the time was a proactive leader and really kept in touch with the teams. We knew we had a difficult task of reinventing the site/brand but everyone was motivated to make it happen. Some of the brightest talent I've worked with in the industry.

Cons – The only real downside was that MySpace as a brand was already damaged and our changes eventually had little impact. The end result was the mass layoff. I see the site has launched in a new direction. I wish the MySpace team all the luck in the world.

Advice to Senior Management – Try your best to fight through the many years of MySpace getting a bad rap/bad name. Your backend services and security is far better than Facebook.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MySpace as an intern

Pros – The Beverly Hills office has a very nice working atmosphere, filled with a young, unique staff. Very welcoming to creative and expressive thought.

Cons – As an intern, I felt that many of the tasks and responsibilities i carried out were relatively useless. There were many days were I thought that my presence was completely unneeded.

Advice to Senior Management – Use your interns to your advantage.

Former Employee – worked at MySpace full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of smart people, lots of focus and drive

Cons – Owned by fox, which didn't really get "social media".

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MySpace full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Fun/animated co-workers, many of whom become great friends.
Pay ranges from so-so to slightly above-market.
Free lunch on-site.
Located in sunny SoCal.

Cons – Company couldn't establish a clear vision.
Management, while comprised of many smart people, was relatively inexperienced.
Company tried to do too much at once, making most products subpar.
FAR too much red tape to get very simple things done.

Advice to Senior Management – Pick one focus, establish the vision, and stick with it.
Communicate said vision every single day.
Minimize red tape -- far too many cooks in the kitchen for very simple product/feature updates.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MySpace

Pros – awesome work atmosphere to work for

Cons – politics in wrong dept dept

Advice to Senior Management – talk to all levels alright !

Former Employee – worked at MySpace

Pros – Office location in Beverly Hills, that's it.

Cons – Their HR is not Myspace but Specific Media (parent company), which is embarrassingly unprofessional. They don't know the difference between job roles.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company