Meow Wolf Reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(195 total reviews)

Rebecca Campbell

50% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Meow Wolf has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meow Wolf employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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195 reviews
1.0
24 Apr 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant, creative minds walk the halls. Most talented group of artists around. Can bring dogs to work. Lots of snacks. Competitive pay.

Cons

You will be worked to the bone if you allow it. There is no regard for morale, only deadlines. Prepare for 60-70 hour work weeks, even moreso now that half the company is gone. Its common knowledge that the company lied to 250+ employees about the mass layoffs in early 2020. The layoffs were not a result of CoVID19, they were planned since 2019 and were a condition of the outside investors injecting funds into the company. New execs were brought in during the summer and their contact lists were milked for outsourcing leads. The "founders and CEOs" decided to pull the trigger on the plan early and blamed CoVID19's closing of the exhibit. Now the entirety of Meow Wolf art is almost completely outsourced to third-party construction firms. The CEOs have absolutely no clue about the importance of the artists within and are focused entirely on profit. Thus the entire foundation of the Meow Wolf vision has been reversed to become another generic themed entertainment chain. There are no opportunities for advancement. Your job will either be eliminated or you quit. HR complaints are dealt with in hostile, flippant manner by execs.

1.0
10 June 2020

Save Yourself the Trouble

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, flexibility, co-workers and ideas.

Cons

This is the definition of a disorganized company. It’s totally disheartening to be honest, as the company that I thought I had joined seemed very different from the outside. There’s no direction, no goals, no mission, no values, and I believe no future if this continues. Majority of the local workforce is gone, and has been replaced with an outside contracted company which really rubbed me the wrong way. The idea of working for a local company that was involved in the community was exciting, but this company that exists now is too focused on expansion to care about being local to Santa Fe at all. All that’s left is management and contractors that live in Florida. The company expanded too quickly and is trying to do too many things at once while not taking any steps to improve or aid what’s falling apart in front of them. There’s no room for advancement, no money for merit increases, no money for anything. Employees are frustrated everywhere and completely burnt out. Morality is low and it’s truly heartbreaking as this company could have been really awesome to be an employee at. If you enjoy constantly floundering trying to keep your head above water this is the place for you.

1.0
14 Apr 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The original culture and the amazing people made this a dream job.

Cons

Poor leadership and communication across the board. Also, for those who are part of the in clique, there is no accountability. Then to top it off, Disney execs were brought in and they made no effort to evaluate employees and learn about their human assets. Instead they started hiring outside firms who they had worked with before to do the work, costing a lot more money and putting the company in more financial distress. And now they have laid off 200+ employees under the guise of Covid-19, many of whom moved to Santa Fe for this job, and now are left isolated with minimal prospects during a pandemic.

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