Viscira Reviews

2.9

47% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)

Dave Gulezian

54% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Viscira has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Viscira employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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100 reviews
1.0
8 Feb 2015
Recommend
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Pros

No positives for Viscira. This is hands down the worst place I've had the misfortune to work at. Do not waste a single moment even applying for a position here.

Cons

- Poor leadership at all levels. CEO Dave Gulezian (DG) has no people or leadership skills. All leadership positions within the company are filled by people with DG's same lack of skills. - No work-life balance for anyone but the execs. People are expected to work weeks on end including weekends without a day off due to unrealistic schedules and dates. - Employee turn over has to be above 90%. Very few people stay a full year. Burn-out is evident everywhere in the office. Not a happy place to work. - Resourcing is treated like a big game and people log hours to lock-up certain people because the company is too cheap to staff properly. The two weekly resourcing meetings are a complete waste of several hours of work time. - Lack of necessary equipment to complete work. Laptops and desktops that are several years old and do not work properly, insufficient mobile hardware for Production and QA teams and severe push back when software for everyday work is needed. - Expect an initial offer $20K less than your salary at your last place of employment. Push back and try to get more if you must work here.

1.0
7 Sept 2016

Collapsing, Rotten and Poisonous Place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people in the company are great, friendly and really skilled. It is such a pity that the company has no idea how to manage all that talent properly. Location is not bad and Off The Grid has a market nearby three days per week.

Cons

So many. It is sad to even think about it... Viscira is the worst place I have worked for. I have been in bad companies before, but this one is the worst one by far. It is a poisonous place and it is so depressing and mismanaged that those bad feelings will end up rooting in you personal life and sucking the happiness out of it. Leaving was the best decission I have ever made. Most managers have no idea how to do their job. They are managing other people just because they were in the right place at the right moment, but they feel that their position makes them more talented or have more knowledge than anybody on their team. When something goes wrong, it is always other people's fault, because managers are perfect, of course. If you work at Viscira, prepare yourself to work non-paid overtime, because that is the way they do every single project. The work load is excesive and the pipeline is retarded, but instead of changing it, they just expect you to have everything on time, perfect quality, and at the same time that you are working on two or three other projects and attending several useless meetings per day. Am! Don't expect to have a good salary either! They will pay you under the average for sure. In two years there I heard SO many lies... I'm not sure if they like to think employees are stupid, but they repeat the same lies over and over. I can't count the amount of times I heard about 401K matching... Also, to finish my review, I want to point out that those three five star reviews in a row, are done by high position people in the company wanting to increase the rating. They wrote some of the same lies that will tell you on your interview, same exact words!, and some of the ones they keep saying all the time. Just check the dates. All of the sudden, three wonderful reviews in three days... Don't let them lie to you.

1.0
26 Jan 2016

Don't Bother

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some truly wonderful people you'll get to work with. Then again you can meet wonderful people almost anywhere.

Cons

You'll get to see those same people's souls crushed.

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