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From THR:

So, what are the best entertainment companies to work for? In April, even as contraction roiled the industry, THR partnered with Glassdoor on a data-driven quest to find out, aggregating employee reviews for 163 companies in the entertainment space — studios, networks, streamers, game makers, agencies, management firms and media conglomerates — submitted between June 2021 and May 2024. To identify the top 25, Glassdoor averaged each company’s overall employee rating as well as ratings across eight workplace satisfaction categories (see “How This List Came Together” on page 38). To supplement that data, THR dispatched a team of reporters to dish (off the record, of course) with execs, assistants and midmanagement types about what the work culture at their companies is really like, from the perks (free concerts! Omelet Thursdays!) to the pitfalls (office in the middle of nowhere).

06 - Apple TV+

Despite being the entertainment branch of a tech company, Apple TV is very corporate: “Except for the occasional time that you see some weirdo standing up from his cube, waving his hands wearing a Vision Pro [VR set], you could be working anywhere,” an insider tells THR. (Another tech-culture holdover, says a content executive, is the embrace among some employees of consciousness-raising aids, from ketamine to ayahuasca to shamans.) Unlike a lot of media companies, the culture at Apple TV isn’t so cutthroat. Employees don’t live in fear, and the environment feels secure “because Apple doesn’t live and die by us,” a source says of the giant, tech products-first company. (Estimates place Apple TV+’s subscriber count around 25 million, plus an additional 50 million viewers bundled with products purchased.)

Aside from the meh discounted sandwiches at the Mac café, the compensation is good (“Nobody is complaining about the money here”), and all employees receive Apple stock, which is incredibly valuable. One thing that’s the same across the board at Apple, whether the employee works in the entertainment or hardware department, is the secrecy, “which is sometimes kind of hilarious given that many of the shows the wider world doesn’t give a fuck about,” the insider notes. “We treat every show like it’s the new iPhone in terms of secrecy.”

Unlike the hardware department, however, things aren’t as data-driven on the entertainment side. “It’s in some way very much like a more traditional studio, which makes sense given it’s run by [Sony vets] Jamie [Erlicht] and Zack [Van Amburg], which is to say everything needs to be approved by the boss, and then the boss’ boss, so that takes time, but it also sort of lowers the risk factor for everyone,” says the employee of the platform that spawned several critically acclaimed awards favorites, from Shrinking to Slow Horses. Employees are encouraged to trust their gut and their tastes when it comes to TV shows and films. “In some ways, it’s very Steve Jobs,” a source says. “Our job is to give the people what they don’t even know they want yet.”

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