Urban Angles Reviews

2.0

21% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

30% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
1.0
30 Oct 2021

Never been happier since I quit

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some amazing people (non-management) that I worked with. Had an absolute blast with them at times and we found collective comfort in sharing our pain of working here.

Cons

As other reviews have stated, there is a pervasive, toxic, boys club management at UA. They will work you to the bone, give you little benefits, pay you a pittance for it, all the while convincing you that you should be grateful for this opportunity. Zero time or priority given to improving processes, R&D, or literally anything that would improve the absolute shambles of archaic internal systems they run on. Everything is expected to be done at lightning speed, yesterday. They take “the customer is always right” to new levels, pandering to their clients (the worst kinds of humans there is… real estate agents) every minute request, which is frequently delivered to employees with verbal abuse and condescension. This is all considered normal, and unfortunately comes at the expense of the mental and physical wellbeing of their so called “valued” employees. Working at this company feels like being on a sinking ship, with all the employees frantically running around trying to patch up holes with duct tape, while management kick back on a deck chair with a margarita.

2.0
2 Oct 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At UA, you are working with some of the best photographers, videographers, retouchers etc in the business, there's no doubt about it. The team is extremely knowledgeable of their craft and in general co-workers are all very friendly. The CEOs are enthusiastic to purchase new equipment and software to give the company an edge.

Cons

While the CEO's are friendly, they are a total boys club. Female photographers who start junior roles at reception are generally not given opportunities to grow into other creative roles. It is expected that you to do a lot of unpaid overtime. Middle management are old photographers that have been promoted to management roles and often lack empathy and basic managerial skills. There were times I heard middle management complaining of full-time staff members taking sick days, once jeering "Everyone's sick these days!" loudly enough to intimidate nearby workers. Favouritism was also rampant in middle management and they treated some employees very badly by publicly complaining and comparing them to others. Some full-time employees were made part time, then casual and then dropped in a matter of months because management simply didn't favour them. I doubt they stopped to consider that their behaviour affected their employee's ability to be invested in the company.

2.0
10 Dec 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Some great staff outside of management titles. Easy to make friends on a personal side, when it comes to professional its opposite.

Cons

Extremely unprofessional management behavior. From directors 'bagging' out staff secretly to a very obvious boys club. The toxic and cutthroat culture all came from the top down. Daily work felt like constant band aid fixes, nothing was eve given time to improve or constructively find a way to improve things, management are happy to throw cash on quick fixes than put time into fixing things forever. If you like consistent stress, out of hours calls and harsh voicemails left on the weekend - this is your place.

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