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BMI provides a positive company culture and allows sales representatives to work independently to meet personal and team goals.  It's a great place to learn serious sales skills.  My mission is to sell blanket music licenses granting copyright permissions to bars, hotels, and nightclubs. It's a tough sell convincing business owners to pay for permissions for something they already use for free.  I take pride in my success as it contributes to songwriters getting paid the royalties they are due for use of their intellectual property.  The lack of micro-management combined with ready support factor into our success on the floor.  However, the technology of our dialer system combined with managerial choices relating to different departments and how they work in tandem often causes roadblocks to maximizing our potential in revenue generation.  The commission structure is also a source of frustration.  Due to that fact as well as a lower base salary than desired, I am looking to continue building my sales experience elsewhere.

Typical day is 7.5 hours plus a 30 minute unpaid lunch break. Also two 15 minute breaks are allowed per day. Most work is data-entry oriented with occasional special projects. Very minimal music industry knowledge is required to preform job functions. Main job function is manually entering music performance data from TV and Film cue sheets into a royalty payment system. The company uses its music industry status to attract job applicants but most departments operate with a very corporate feel more like working at a bank than a music company. There is a lot of turnover with this position because the compensation is extremely low and the workload continues to increase. The company is facing some legal issues that may threaten its viability and relevance in the future because Management has neglected to change the business model or keep up with industry changes,

Inept and disrespectful management in the IT area. "Emperor wears no clothes" type of environment where no one will speak up about how badly the department is run. Management thinks they know how to manage an IT department, but they are woefully lacking in talent core knowledge. They only promote themselves, so you can forget that ever happening if you are no one of them.

Constant turnover due to new employees and contractors getting in and then understanding how bad the environment really is. 

CEO endorses all of this because there has been a rapid decline in IT spending, which has also slashed training to nothing, and drastically reduced the basic software tools needed in the hands of workers. 

If you are out of work and you take a job in the IT department of BMI, I can understand that. But, if you have other options, please remember that you have been warned. 

Until this regime is gone, the IT department at BMI is not a good place to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The break room coffee is good I guess

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is little to no upward movement within the company. Part time workers looking to get a foot in the door don’t have much of a chance of becoming full time. Part timers are constantly interchanging because of this, I saw so many people come and go throughout my time with the company. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is ok at best. I worked in the sales/customer service environment so you had to constantly be on the phones. Management really likes to micromanage and will scrutinize you down to the minute. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It may have changed slightly since I left, but I would login and just make calls almost all day, sometimes 200-300 calls a day.

... but BMI became something I never thought it would - a hostile takeover of micromanaging, terrible-at-communicating, passive aggressive, nose-in-the-air, preference-over-policy, favoritism-showing idiots that run good people away. A typical day? Do my job and hope the higher-ups don't find a small thing to fire me for. These guys claim to be the smartest people in the business, but the lack of people skills is incredible. They leave the same taste in everyone's mouth. No wonder recruiters don't like them, and I mean ALL of them. It started with the top guy on our floor and next thing we know, there are less than 20 original coworkers (out of 80+). If you don't have church shoes, you can't work here - unless you're AVP, in which case you can wear hiking boots (even though they're against the handbook). I won't come back unless they leave. It used to be the best place I had ever worked.

I have worked at BMI as a Music Researcher for over 10 years. I can't speak to the office culture, as I have worked remotely in a position that works alone the entire time, and i have actually never even been inside a BMI office. The job is fairly straightforward, and if you complete the tasks and follow the instructions you are given everything goes smoothly. The pay is not great, but the work is pretty easy, and it is only a part-time job. At one time, I was laid off, because they contracted a temp-agency to replace my job, but they later rehired me (I guess when the temp agency didn't work out). I like my supervisor,  and the people I have interacted with in the company, although I have only communicated with them via e-mail and phone. The job requires attention to detail, and sometimes getting a little out of your comfort zone depending on where you are assigned to work.

Depending on where you work, you will be micromanaged into oblivion.  You will be paid well below market rate.  Incremental raises will not make  up for the rising cost of living in Nashville.  Prepare to get a second job.  Forget moving into management because they never leave.  Management tries to come off as friendly, but they are very pompous and arrogant.  

The benefits are the best part of working there.  Otherwise, I would pass after they send the low-ball salary offer.  Many changes in HR management has eroded company culture.  Tries to pass itself off as a hip Music Row company, but they are very buttoned up and corporate.

Working for BMI was a great opportunity for me. Before this job I had been working as a server. I made some wonderful friends at this job that I will always keep in touch with. This job taught me a lot about accountability and computer proficiency. A typical workday was arrive at 9:00am - 5:00pm. The workplace culture was good. There were a lot of work-related events that were a lot of fun. The hardest part of this job was the monotony of the tasks and sitting at a desk all day. The most enjoyable part of this job was my co-workers and getting to watch some songwriters perform at company events.

BMI is a very passionate about the music industry and its affiliates.  The work life balance is the greatest perk of being an  employee.  The benefits package far exceeds the average offering especially in the area of the 401(k) contributions.   Company works hard to maintain its market share and reputation as an industry leader.  The company also takes the time to acknowledge accomplishments and strive to do even better.  Best part of the job was working with some great people.   The organization tends to be very resistant to change and slow to react to industry change.  Not very much opportunity for advancement.

If you love insignificant raises, with gaslighting from HR about market value, this is the place for you. If you love no hope for advancement, this is the place for you. If you love a CEO that talks down to you and make unreasonable mandates, and if you don't like it you can shove it, this is the place for you. If you like hearing about the glamorous side of the music business, and how the company is buying $300 martinis for rich and famous people, while you barely make ends meet working in a stuffy micromanaged office, this is the place for you.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Social media specialist 8 salaries reported	$68,000 per year
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Administrative assistant 3 salaries reported	$53,000 per year

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