sMedia Reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)
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Erin Richmond

100% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

sMedia has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The sMedia 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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42 reviews
1.0
1 Apr 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, this was a pretty good place to work. People were great there but a lot of them either left or were fired during the pandemic.

Cons

CEO is non-existent most of the time and will consistently miss meetings and is very rarely in contact with a lot of the staff. Upper management in general lacks a lot in the people skills department and even though they pride themselves on not being a top down company, actions are very different than the rhetoric they say at company-wide meetings. In my opinion, the central part of their business model doesn't do what it claims to do and is very misleading to customers. The way they managed the Covid-19 pandemic should be in a handbook on how not to treat employees.

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sMedia Response
4y
We're sorry that you had a negative experience working with us. There was a difficult period with a lot of stress being put on the company and our team, we definitely made some mistakes, and we recognize that. We have a new CEO & management team with new energy and direction. We are focused on transformational change to empower our team and our customers to solve the current challenges they face. We are all about letting everyone's super powers shine for the betterment of our company and success of our customers. We anticipate a very exciting future, and look forward to new opportunities for all sMedians. Aligning our vision and mission with the strengths of our incredible team will ensure their contributions will lead to our combined success! - From the sMedia Team
1.0
29 Mar 2022
Recommend
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Pros

WAS at one time a great place to work. Some good people employed here.

Cons

Company has been losing customers and employees since COVID and the new CEO and leadership team over and put the blame on all the employees. Had a great start before COVID with small amount of investor funding and has since turned into a horrible life sucking environment. Many great employees and leaders have been dismissed due to the failure of company and leadership. Most of the recent positive reviews have been solicited by CEO and management in a attempt to make themselves look better for investors and executive team. Lol When being hired I was ensured all these great things and opportunities of exponential growth. None of which was true. Didn't take long to see these guys are master’s deceit and making things look better than they really are. Over aggressive sales approach is obnoxious and known in the industry. Micromanagement and immature leadership is just looking out for themselves. If You enjoy having all your emails, calls and meetings recorded and sifted through in non constructive manner, then this is the place for you! Company has forced out or have a lot good people in late 2021/2022. No Direction or genuine leadership. Everyone is looking out for themselves. Broken business plan and very outdated products that are unsellable or considered vanity in the industry. Management is looking place blame and not willing to be accountable themselves for past directives. Most are willing to do anything at the expense of others to advance themselves. New CEO is a self-absorbed, control freak that thinks he intellectually above everyone else. All around, this was the worst work experience of my Career, and worst decision of my life joining this company!

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sMedia Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback. sMedia is always striving to improve. We see all feedback as an opportunity to get better. We wish all of our employees, past and present, nothing but success and hope the same for you. Regan Hinchcliffe CEO
5.0
22 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Open door access to management and owners. Lots of support from managers and other staff members Coolest exclusive technology available (cutting edge) Awesome office

Cons

large learning curve at the start

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