GalaxyCon Reviews

2.5

29% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)

29% positive business outlook

GalaxyCon has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GalaxyCon employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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36 reviews
1.0
14 June 2022

Run away

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Co-workers were nice, being surrounded by pop culture and gaming was fun

Cons

The reviews here are true, although it may seem like a perfect job for someone who is into pop culture and the comic con world the management is terrible, abusive and disorganized. There is no HR so they do what ever they want, there is no limits. Mike, the CEO and his wife Sandy, are extremely abusive and yell and curse at their employees. They bring their marital fights to work and take it out on the employees. Both of them own the company and they threaten and belittle everyone around them when they are in a bad mood, and they are 90% usually in a bad mood. I lost count on how many people were fired in a short amount of time because of their short temper. There is no work and life balance. I've seen employees crying and breaking down around the office. When confronted they make the excuse that it's "because they are from NY" but that is NOT and excuse to have their employees mental health to be at risk because of their negligence to be good people. I have gotten emails at midnight to make a task happen or will be written off as incompetent. During team meetings the leadership trash talk the talent and the employees and spread rumors creating a tense work environment. It sucks that this company is being lead by such horrible people because other than that it would be a fun job to have. They deserve to be exposed with how terribly they operate.

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GalaxyCon Response
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Thank you for your feedback. In regards to your comment about HR, we now have multiple new hires to oversee the HR functions to make sure that everyone feels included and welcomed. There have also been shifts in senior management and I can assure you there will be no more fighting! GalaxyCon does not expect employees to work around the clock (sometimes urgent matters during live show weekends on-site are an exception). With a true HR presence now in the office, we are already starting to see positive changes. Thank you for your feedback.
1.0
12 Apr 2021

Just don't

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You'll get to travel a lot. If you enjoy the content they promote at the shows, you'll enjoy that aspect of things. You'll meet the guests if you have enough time to say hello in passing.

Cons

Mike and Sandy will abuse you. You will be screamed at, have things thrown at you, and be treated like absolute garbage. Have you ever been in an abusive relationship? This is the same experience. They'll treat you amazingly to get you on board, then it will be a roller coaster of abuse and gaslighting from that point forward. Mike and Sandy even joke and laugh about how they make staff cry and how afraid everyone is of them. It's disgusting. Do not work for these sociopaths. Oh, and you'll be asked to do many things you're not comfortable doing. For example, telling deaf attendees you won't do anything to help them, telling people in wheelchairs they're out of luck when it comes to the elevators, trying to spin their insults about attendees, staff, volunteers, and guests into something positive, etc. If you need training, you're out of luck. You're expected to just know what to do. You will have no work life balance. This job is your life. If you're out of state and asked to move to Florida to work, DO NOT DO IT because they will fire you within a year or two. No one lasts long term. Their turnover rate is 100% minimum, and that's just for the full time staff. The owners complain that no one knows anything, but they don't teach staff how to do their jobs properly and then they just fire them at the first hiccup. The job is perfect for someone who loves bejng abused and watching sociopathic mafia wannabes abuse others. It is a miracle that former staff members haven't banded together to sue them since some have had to go to therapy because of these people. If you speak out against them in ANY way, they will threaten to sue you. It is a baseless threat, but it is very telling when it comes to how they operate. Instead of changing, they would prefer to pretend everyone else is the issue, even though they are the common denominator in every single conflict and issue. Oh, and you'd make more money working at various fast food places or retail businesses. I cannot even list my actual position or final year because they will send threats to me if they find out who I am. Do not work here. Just don't.

1.0
16 Jan 2020

Your Favorite Job, Turned into a Worst Nightmare

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Traveling to various locations - Seeing people enjoying themselves at the event - When the owners are in a good mood, it's fun

Cons

- Lack of guidance, training, and constructive ideas - Micromanagement - Yelling, Cursing, and Screaming at Employees - There is ZERO work/life balance - Pay is minimal for the work your expected to provide I have literally hid in another employee's office crying at this job. They belittle you to the point that you lose all confidence in yourself. As soon as the "honeymoon" hire period is over, you will live in constant fear of upper management to the point that you'll disconnect from everything and everyone. You'll be fired before you can have a "career."

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