Insomniac Events

While working for insomniac events, I was required to handle VIP bottle and table sales at the main stage of multiple Electric Daisy Carnival and Escape Wonderland music festivals. We were required to set up all of the furniture upon arrival, dress in costume, serve guests while up-selling product, and show guests a great time during their festival experience. We dealt with intoxicated guests, injuries and unexpected situations that come with working at a music festival. 

A typical day working would begin around 3pm, we work outdoors with temperatures ranging between 85-100 degrees Fahrenheit. We would set up for an hour or so, then have some down time, then clients began arriving around 6pm. We would serve clients until 1:30AM when we could begin cleaning up and resetting for the next day. Usually we were allowed to go home around 2:30AM. 

The culture of Insomniac is that even though we worked long hard hours in the heat, we always stay happy and have fun. Music festivals are very stressful but fun environments to work in and you're taught to think on your toes and solve problems very quickly.

First off, this job is for people who genuinely love the edm community, but also love to help others. Many are hired only to hijack a free ticket into edc, but the problem with that is that it causes more harm than good. When I was hired at this job, I did not know that I would grow so much as an individual by simply helping customers who where in dire need. You learn a lot from managers, and peers around you that not only enjoy the music, but make it their priority to take the job seriously when it comes to aiding others, keeping them safe, and sticking to 10-12 hour shifts. Managment always encourages love, progress, and unity amongst coworkers and that is what I love the most. It is fun, but just a reminder that it is very tiring at some moments, and it will require your full dedication above all the fun. it will require, loss of sleep, overtime, often skipping a meal, running, patience!! walking, and talking. Having been at this company for three years, I wouldn't want to work anywhere else.

Everyone is super clicky and passive aggressive with one another. They create this facade of being an accepting, non judge mental family of music lovers but really it’s a high school patriarchy disguised as a professional career. Management has 0 leadership skills and is terribly disorganized. HR is a joke! Pay is never accurate or on time and it takes months to get fixed. Management will yes you to death with promises of career growth and promotions in order to get you to pick up the tasks they don’t feel like doing to “gain experience”. Policies and procedures are never set in stone and only apply to the person of upper managements choosing. Completely toxic environment to work in.

There is potential to learn a lot here but the culture of this company can end up sucking the life out of you and they have little or no regard to a family or personal life. Insomniac must become your life in order to succeed.

Great management. I had the best time and experience here as a new EMT. I was a wellness assistant and felt very supported. Learned a lot. Definitely not a forever job for me. They do not cover the cost of gas, transportation, or hotels when you are working an event. I got the cheapest place possible to stay, carpooled out there, and budgeted like crazy... ended up breaking even by the end of the job. Great job for new medical students looking for some controlled in-the-field action!

One of the best experiences I have was EDCLV 2018
Be prepared it is a labor of love to be able to create what Insomniac teams do every festival. But for the most part it is exactly what I have been searching for as a professional environment. Everyone is valued and respected. Everyone is friendly and team mates create a family vibe. I love it. But like í mentioned it is a labor of love.

Unsupportive, unmotivated and cliquey team made the work environment unbearable. I loved what my job was, but when I asked to shift into a new position to learn and contribute more, I was completely shut down by my manager. Workplace culture was complacent and had no direction towards a common goal. 

I learned the basic skills of a corporate job which was a pro. I made a lot of good friends there which was a pro. 

Insomniac Events hosts some of the best parties on the planet, and the team behind the events seriously shines. 

From the attendees straight up to the C-suite mgmt, smiles and a ‘nothing’s impossible’ attitude are the status quo. 

10/10 would recommend Insomniac as a great place to work.  There’s a reason they’re the best in the game.

It was definitely an interesting experience. I was a supervisor at one of the primary gates for EDC Vegas, and you definitely learn quite a lot in the days leading up to the event. We worked 16 hour days as we ingressed over a hundred thousand people flood into one of the biggest events in the world. There were moments I could hardly breathe, but I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.

Insomniac is the best entertainment company I have ever worked for. Dedicated, passionate, punctual, creative, motivational, inspirational, beautiful, is just a few words I would use to describe the vibe and crew that I come across when working these festival as a performer.

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