account manager

associate producer

senior software engineer

music manager

producer

SiriusXM

If you are applying for an IT job here, be sure to have an iron stomach and a patience of a saint. The overall environment is quite chaotic and very heavily political. Its a unique environment where thinking on your feet and reactionary decisions are made hourly which is not too bad, but when coupled with a heavy, almost crippling, bureaucracy it can get very frustrating, very fast. The only saving graces of this organization is the job security (almost impossible to get fired, even contractors) and flexible work from home policy. The pay is fair to good, but if you are looking for a 9 to 5 or a creative company, this is not your place.

Working conditions and Culture:
This place prizes loyalty, adherence to hierarchy and appearance, a very conservative structure as a lot of management and executives are ex-telecom personnel. This place, for better or worse, prizes 'yes-men' and may not be suited for more creative types.

This is an ideal work environment if you need a stable job to provide for your family and are willing to put in a lot of good old fashion grinding hard work and long hours. This is not a good place if you are young or looking for a job that can grow your technical capabilities as there is little to none formal training there. The most learning you willing do is who to find that is a subject matter expert as there is very little in terms of documentation. Upward mobility is better than a lot of companies, but be prepared to deal with a lot more chaos when moving up the ladder.

Change management and documentation are only available for systems that get audited...the rest is the wild west. IT is treated as an in-house service group where usable and sustainable systems always take a back burner to the never-ending cost cutting and new offering initiatives. System patches often become the system, and future code is written to accommodate these patches which often leads to a delicate but amazingly sturdy house of cards due to the heavy manual intervention needed to keep it from falling down.

This place does have a very understanding and forgiving staff. Probably due to the inevitability of serious mistakes and miscommunications in a chaotic environment such as this. Again the pay and benefits is fair to good, but at a heavy cost to one's stress level and time. This company is not blind to this fact by providing a very good sick and vacation days and somewhat liberal on work from home policy.

Sirius XM Radio has a lot of disadvantages and advantages. However I'm only speaking in the department I work in. I'm sure there are other great departments to work in this company.

First, the training I received was not at all comforting. This individual that trained me had an attitude and even when I would reiterate questions to receive confirmation irritated this employee. I started to become very hard on myself and when I made mistakes it put me in a position where I felt lost because I wanted to do the work correctly but the person I reported to made me feel like I needed to know EVERYTHING and be PERFECT on the job being mistake-free. It wasn't the ideal training I wish I would've received.

Second, the overall manager had no LEADERSHIP whatsoever. The time she interviewed me she told me right on the spot "there is no opportunity or growth here for this position but we need a committed person." That gave me a very unsettling feeling but I was unemployed at the moment  and need a stable job. 

The manager would do normal check-ins with her employees but he/she would always reiterate "just make sure you get your work done" For example, I had a crucial family obligation and told he/she with detail what happened, hoping he/she would have some sympathy or remorse. I mentioned that I would need to work from home in the near future. He/She understood but ended the conversation with: "Just make sure your sh**  is done". The impression that I received on this is that there is no excuse NOT TO WORK even when you have personal situations happening. There was no understanding coming from her. In my opinion, I believe he/she was/is controlling. The only reason I'm still at this job is because of not recieving any other job offers. But if you are looking into Sirius XM, please, look at what department can help you strive as a successful individual.

Responsible for Coordinating the Catholic Channel’s special coverage of The Beatification of Pope John Paul II
• Managed the production and execution of a mini‐series about the life and work of Pope John Paul II, which aired daily the week prior to the Beatification.
• Organized daily programming honoring Pope John Paul II throughout the month prior to the Beatification with contributions from each of The Catholic Channel’s hosts.
• Produced the live broadcast from the Beatification Ceremony in Rome, Italy
• Managed on‐site engineers in Rome, as well as board operators in the New York studios Coordinated the Catholic Channel’s special programming throughout Holy Week
• Determined the schedule for Holy Week programming, including live feeds from services in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as well as churches in Philadelphia and Washington, DC
Producer: The Catholic Channel
Fully Alive: Advice show airing daily 10:00pm‐12:00am.
• Developed detailed show formats, which included booking guests and outlining topics for discussion based on current events, psychological studies and relevant books
• Introduced new show segments resulting in higher call volume
• Created and edited all show promotions, rejoins, and segment introductions. The Catholic Guy Show: Comedy show airing daily 4:00pm – 7:00 pm.
• Co‐hosted daily
• Created new show segments
• Recruited talent to co‐host once a week
Live Remote Broadcasts: Produce and co‐host
• Pilgrimage traveling to Rome, Italy; Greece; and Turkey
• The Beatification of John Paul II – The Vatican, Italy
• Pilgrimage traveling to Rome, Assisi, and Florence – Italy

A typical day at SiriusXm Entertainment Weekly channel 105, started with  a very productive morning . I would first report to our morning show, where I would assist in phone screening listener  calls, greeting celebrity guests, gathering research for a segment topic and assisting the show producer. In the afternoons I would assist my mentor with her shows, helping with rundowns, creating fun games for shows (ex: trivia questions for various movies or television shows) I would also load clips to profit to play during the show and I would also create show promo's to play throughout the week. I think the experience I took away from working at this channel was to not be afraid to voice my creative ideas, how to deal with the public (ex: contacting publicist's , sending out prize packages to various listeners ,etc) I learned how to take charge in a group setting and from that gaining confidence and independence. 

As for management t, they were welcoming, and supportive during my time as an intern. 

The hardest part was the technical part. At certain times my job became a little stressful because it took sometime for me to fully understand how certain software worked. 

The most enjoyable  part was sitting in on all of the shows. I enjoyed observing how each producer prepared for his/her show. I loved seeing how a show was built from top of the show to bottom. I also enjoyed board operating. It was thrilling to see how to fire each element and it really made a difference to the overall show production.

This used to be a great place to work, but it feels like a sinking ship lately. Remote work was allowed even before the pandemic, but now there's an arbitrary mandate to get everyone into the office. Leadership says it is for better collaboration, but the CEO also said that they haven't seen any negative effects from remote work. Honestly, it seems like she just likes being at the office and wants everyone else there too. Then there's the constant churn. Teams are restructured every few months. Executives come and go, and they change the company's direction each time so that we never see the benefit of long-term initiatives. The workload is all over the place. You'll have stretches of twiddling your thumbs then be hit with a deluge of urgent work that's all due in the next release. And the layoffs. Three big ones since January. Three! Each one has been handled with more secrecy and seems more disorganized, which just adds to the unease and wondering if you're next. On top of it all, compensation is dwindling each year. They'll tell you about financial struggles when it's time to talk raises and bonuses, but then everything's supposedly fantastic in the next all-hands. The people are very nice and helpful, and lower management is good. There is still a lot of work life balance, although that is dwindling too with the RTO mandates and stricter policies.

I worked for SiriusXM as a Refresh Specialist. I traveled to different dealership lots making sure their vehicles had the 3 month trial. When I was first interviewed, I was told this was a full time job and was given no indication at all that this could suddenly come to and end. Even though the gentleman that interviewed me knew all along that this job could come to an abrupt end. I was completely mislead into thinking this was a permanent position that I could do for years to come. I was hired September 16, 2024 and was just abruptly let go on March 14, 2025. No warning. Nothing. The position was completely eliminated from SiriusXM and a bunch of people suddenly lost their jobs. I am absolutely devastated over this. I actually liked this job and became good at it. I never would have taken this job if I had known that it was just a contract that could end at any time, which apparently that's all that it was. This company mislead it's employees and I was lied to from the beginning. They basically cut the program and let us all go just to save a buck. Another corporation that doesn't care about its people. Just uses then. I strongly recommend never working for this company. You could end up being the next person to be lied to and put on the chopping block without notice. 

From an IT prospective, overall the content of the work is very interesting, the pace is fast, never slows down, but it can be unforgiving.

The management operate through fear, almost as in a dictatorship kind of style, very micro, very little actual respect, and a lot of people acting submissive.

This is been the company with the highest turnover I have ever seen. From people of 15 plus years unceremoniously and publicly told it was  performance issues, to contractors released abruptly. to employees leaving without having a job to fall back on, to simply giving little to no notice.

This is claimed to be an Agile environment but with the numerous middle management tiers this does actually hamper progress. In addition the 10 day sprint is actually more like 6 days of actual sprint work because, 4 days is supporting other activities. 

Every two weeks there is a production release, every week there is a failover test, and this is all done in the middle of the night with a crew that also has to be work during the day, and you better not be late.

They know how to pick good talent, just not how to keep it. Communication is weak, and what is said is no longer believed. They manager in fear, there is no respect.

Great place to learn, and then move on …

Sirius Xm at the beginning of 2011 was Agero a very positive environment and fun place to work for in 2015, I believe it was when it was bought out by SiriusXm. They took away our sick time and vacation was accumulated by hours worked. Every 6 months you were trained in different OEM’s which consisted of vehicles you learned the website, mobile app, packages, prices, features and what it consisted from inside the vehicles buttons to troubleshooting everything it was brain storming. Emergency response to car accidents dispatching police, road side and ambulance. The responsibilities of being an agent was overwhelming on a daily basis and plus changes were and every day thing you had to keep up with the bulletin updates because their was always issues with the services not working and etc. The raises were cents and definitely not worth the hard work and stress you have to endure 365 days a year. I was making more than $15 before I was hired and it took me almost 6 more years to reach that goal. I will never referral anyone to the SiriusXm connected vehicles company not because of the name at all it’s the management that makes it very cold and negative place to work there.

I have worked on a part time and full time basis for SiriusXM Sports for over four years now..Currently I am the morning show producer on SiriusXM NBA Radio.  My current day starts with getting in the office around 4:40/5:00 AM EST.  I then work on pre-show prep that includes host organization and gathering audio.  I layout the show from everything to topics, guests and commercial breaks.  As the show begins I screen phone calls, report news and search for any guests that could help facilitate the show even more.  After wards I do some production work and work on developing a show for the next day and guest book for it.

I have learned how to communicate with people and develop strong relationships both inside and out of the office so that guests can be on the show.  I have also learned how to be extremely organized and put a schedule in place.

The hardest part of my job is managing the talent I work with.  I tend to work with a lot of former players or employees of particular sport leagues and managing their egos can be difficult.  This has forced me to be extremely patient and understanding.  Also the pay is nothing spectacular, but hey it's radio.

During my time as an intern at this organization; I felt so, takeover with the technical terms, concepts, and as well the duties assigned to me. It did grab my attention and interest very well. However, what I had already acquired on this internship is not the only thing it is there to learn. There are so much more to learn, and hopefully, by God’s motivation I will be gaining more familiarity in the Help Desk Support field, while I am there on my internship.

There are challenges I have experience in academics, and in the field, but those experience was for the right reason because they thought me a lot of how be that successful person in my career. Moreover, the experience thought me professional growth which shapes my professionalism in my career. In addition, being an intern at this company It was well worthy, and made me round in my profession.  I learn a lot during this semester, and in my internship at this company.

it was great to given me the opportunity to be a part of this company and the team to help perform a wonderful job, and I do enjoy being a part of this brilliant family.

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