OZY Reviews

3.1

59% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)

Carlos Watson

62% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

OZY has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OZY employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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65 reviews
1.0
7 June 2021

There are dysfunctional companies and then there is Ozy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It will only get better after this gig, trust me.

Cons

To keep it concise, Ozy is not a real business. Carlos is your quintessential bad guy who mastered the art of persuasion. Zero business acumen. Zero vision for product innovation. Zero ability to build and scale systems. I think the Tarot cards suggested to go Don Lemon route but the ego got on the way, and now a few dozen people go to work every day thinking that they are working on something meaningful and rewarding. They are not. I got you intrigued? Check their headcount evolution in the last few years. Marketing, Sales, TV leadership - people barely last a year. Finance leadership is my favorite with the quickest turnover the industry has seen. Want more? Editorial effort is a function of half a dozen freelancers. YouTube viewership, email newsletters - all driven by very questionable practices. Sadly, companies like this get to carry on for some time. Try to avoid or join for amusement only.

1.0
24 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good medical benefits office is located on a lively street

Cons

noisy, unproductive and messy office environment management does not trust employees micromanagement is rampant inefficiency is rampant management is indecisive, but when decisions are made they are often revisited lack of accountability is rampant founders won't accept that the content is inferior, does not go viral, and is often offensive founder is bipolar, throws tantrums, yells at staff, is demanding and abusive hours are very, very long and employees expected to work weekends unreasonable expectations telecommuting is discouraged management does not trust employees employees have no ownership, no authority employees are not respected or valued for their areas of expertise bills are not paid on time, including vendors, contractors, interns, employee expenses management often tries to renegotiate costs after services are rendered no 401k match no life insurance non negotiable 2 weeks of PTO per year, includes vacation and sick, and they make you feel very guilty if you ask to take any kind of time off, including asking you to cancel your vacation no HR department there is no opportunity for promotion or advancement, in fact you're lucky if you get to keep your job at all if I could give ZERO stars for work/life balance, I would the way the management is running this place and the way they treat their employees, this company is not going to succeed you do not want to work here, you really do not

1.0
3 June 2017

Horrific Experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

work and coworkers are the only reason to stay. But not really.

Cons

management is sick and abusive. Spending 2 hour meetings and demanding that people say good things about the company is just one small example of the cult atmosphere. The fake positive reviews here too. Screaming at employees. No one is ever good enough and work/life balance does not exist at all. Pathological. Also no career advancement. Avoid if you're smart.

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