Solar Media Reviews

3.2

61% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)
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David Owen

53% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Solar Media has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solar Media 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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24 reviews
4.0
26 Aug 2016

Avoid avoid avoid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Genuinely there are none. Maybe one.. the locations is good.

Cons

Where do we start?. Management is utterly utterly diaboligal.. ive never worked at a company where these "managers" just pretend. There is no culture. You're told to make 2 hours a day on the phones.. yet spend most of your days in staff meeting's.. pointless ones at that!. The staff are innocent enough with a wealth of experience in the industry but simply held back by the processes and management.. turn over of staff is very high.. I would avoid this place like the plague..

1.0
24 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a knowledge bank from editorial and some of the sales employees about the industry that can enable you to get a deeper understanding of the sector if it’s the renewable sector that you’re interested in. Some departments such as editorial and programme get to travel to events overseas but this happens anywhere that operates globally. If you are interviewing here the only acceptable divisions are upstream and editorial. Everything else is a farce. You will still be stressed though it’s hard not to be seeing what goes on all around you.

Cons

Where to start, this company is so poorly structured with poor or non existent senior management. The ‘CEO’ lives overseas and hardly is ever there making him out of touch with not only what is happening in the office but much of the European market he presides over. Nepotism is out of control here with the MD being the owners son and although he seems to be a nice person fundamentally, he is too inexperienced for this role. Unable to managing difficult characters as well as not having a thorough knowledge of the market. As a result he is ineffective in handling staff issues, poor management style from other senior management and any project decision making on budgets etc Importantly for the business he is unable to deal with the constant fire fighting happening across the many failing events the company runs. With no true leadership or sector knowledge coming from the people employees should be able to look to for direction, the result is a high stress and finger pointing environment. Life really is too short to choose to work in an environment like this. If you’re talented work elsewhere truly.

1.0
29 Apr 2025

Research

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

office is okay, free drinks etc

Cons

None that i can think off, poor pay no training, expect you to know what you're doing even when you have 0 experience of the sector

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