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Since the company's IPO, there's been nothing but layoffs. We just watched senior leaders having knee jerk reactions and pointing fingers at other people why it's their fault. If you're in a satellite office, we'd get nervous if we saw the CEO or the top HR person, because it generally meant someone was getting let go. 

Morale was really bad across the company. When employees from the different offices see each other at the shows, they trade war stories about what's happening in their locations. The CEO and senior management make decisions that are largely more concerned with the share price.These decisions don't take into account most of the employees on the show teams know their customers better the executive team do. It's truly about the numbers and you're just a body.

They changed their time-off policy to "unlimited time off" which sounded good in theory. My manager would be annoyed when I requested time off, even though I had taken off less time than I did the same period last year. When I did have time off, there was no disconnecting at all. The same thing with summer hours. We used to take them more, but as the company kept sinking, it was frowned upon if you left at the earlier time, even with your work done. 

There are good people who work for this company, some of them I worked with closely, but the last year has made it that they're all looking for jobs somewhere else, ne included.

The job can be rewarding, however can be stressful with lots of hours.  Lots of upper management and not enough attention to customers and the market. Do not promote within or most qualified (buddy system). Every show cycle brings many changes and turnover.  Travel is good, with nice places and benefits.  Have had good management and awful, depends where you are assigned. Vacation is difficult to take, you will get buried.  Unrealistic expections and timelines.  There are some nice people who work there, the job can be fun as lone as you don't find yourself in one of those difficult divisions.  

When Emerald bought our company there were a huge number of layoffs and restructuring really messed up how coworkers were paid/not paid. There were massive delays in accounting and sales and general non disclosure about the future reliability of Emerald and people's job security. The CEO and head management of Emerald are out of touch and do not care about the individuals who work for them. This is a cutthroat company that only cares about profit. There is more priority on saving face and appearing honest than actually listening to their team's needs. They do not have your back.

This company is absolute bass-ackwards in the way they communicate, hire, train, and manage. 20+ software systems to learn with zero training. Endless, pointless assignments and meetings. C-Level staff cuts trickle down. Zero job security. Don’t expect a raise. Managers and directors from most branches were the “last man standing” rather than being qualified to run a department. Run, run, run. Awful company to work for.

In my job, I had to confer with many managers and directors, all of whom were already pretty busy.    

My greatest frustration was that there was no consistent strategy, and the management would lurch from initiative to initiative, so more time was spent trying to gather consensus than getting the job done.

There has been a major shift in the past two years at Emerald and morale is at an all time low. There have been severe changes in policies, flexibility, almost 100% corporate leadership turnover which has made the changes. Turnover is at an all-time high. It is definitely not the company it once was.

Company was unorganized and a huge disappointment! Lacks the opportunity for career advancement due to lack of specialized training - 'sink or swim.'  Management is inconsistent and isn't pro-employee. The company is portrayed as a great place to work but really, depending on what office, it's terribly disappointing.  Read reviews available.

The industry is not very sustainable.  The big fish is always acquiring the smallest fish and is very common.  The perks to this job was the traveling for industry expos and meeting new teammates from other offices.  No training, so no advancement opportunities.

I was a temp employee or "Consultant" who had a contract that was supposed to be five months long, but was ended after two due to budget cuts. Everyone was very friendly and it seemed like they definitely cared about the employee experience, but it's a company that's downsizing. So I don't know what the future of the company is.

Lots of turnover, and a lot of changes. Very clicky atmosphere. Management is also clicky. They only hire from outside, very little promotions within the company.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Account executive 19 salaries reported	$72,947 per year
Marketing manager 4 salaries reported	$83,813 per year
Event manager 6 salaries reported	$78,333 per year
Director of events 4 salaries reported	$102,500 per year
Operations coordinator 4 salaries reported	$50,000 per year

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