Stressful role with high expectations - Casting Coordinator Uni-versalEXTRAS Employee Review

Great colleagues and team to work with, every day was different and gave me great experience as this was my first job after Covid and Uni.

Long hours due to the nature of the industry and had to arrive an hour early for parking

This place has no pros.

If you are reading this please do not skip or ignore. When I applied I did exactly what you are doing now .. searching up the company reviews to get idea of what hopefully my new work place will look like. I read every single one and STILL chose to ignore and go through with the interview process anyway. I was desperate to get my foot in the door but there are better & easier ways. This is my personal experience below: - You will never leave on time. - You will be made to take on multiple tasks at once because they are ‘urgent’ even if it is impossible to do so - Constantly short staffed so you will have to take on more work load but for the same pay - Your conversations will be listened to by management next door - No creative freedom - You Will be questioned if you have stepped away from your desk to long I.E taking an important phone call or going to the toilet - If your laughing whilst working you will be told to stop talking to your colleague and be separated I.E swapped desks - If you make a tea & have a 5 minute chat with your colleagues you will be asked to go back to your desk - Every single email you send will be monitored - There is no real pay tier system. You can start on £22,000 but others can start on £24,000. ‘Senior’ coordinator is (or used to be) £25,000 however to determine the pay rise is up to managers discretion who delay the process to carry on paying you the minimum salary. - The moral in the office is constantly low - Work life balance doesn’t exist - Talked down to constantly - Made to sign employment contract in 24hrs. This does not give you enough time to read through and make the correct decision. This just applies pressure which is a red flag from the get go - Getting holiday approved can take months then also be rejected weeks before - Told when to go to lunch