One of a kind experience - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso High Beam Events

We appreciate the time you took to write this review. As everyone knows, the pandemic has presented many challenges to companies large and small - especially in the event production area – and layoffs are sometimes necessary to ensure the long-term viability of the organization. This review does exhibit what we feel is unwarranted hostility, as we attempted to keep as many team members employed for as long as possible. In fact, 66% of the pre-Covid staff received full paychecks and benefits for 11 months after all live events were shut down. Our goal has always been to hire the best people because we’re going to push them to deliver unparalleled client experiences. For the record, our staff makeup during 2019-2020 was 77% women, 44% POC/Hispanic, and 22% LGBTQ, a very diverse group of people with different strengths and skills that provided amazing benefits to our clients. High Beam has been in business almost 17 years and we will continue to excel in serving our clients once the worst of the pandemic has lifted. The assertion that we are “two steps behind” other companies is perplexing as the reviewer worked “less than a year” – and mostly WFH during the pandemic – and was certainly not exposed to our normal operating conditions. Finally, let’s address the assertions that the president is toxic and prone to micro-aggressive behavior. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but anonymous review sites such as Yelp and Glassdoor allow for vendettas that are frequently unwarranted. We’re sorry you were laid off but that hardly constitutes toxic behavior. We understand you’re bitter and looking to lash out, and hope you’ll be able to move on and find a rewarding career path once the economy recovers. One can’t truly know the challenges of running a business unless they’ve actually done so. All any company can do during the pandemic is try its best to remain standing so it can thrive once things assume a semblance of normalcy.

Thank you for your review from a couple of years ago. Yes, this response is late but we figured we’d give it a shot since people still read this review. We’re sorry you didn’t have a great experience at High Beam. Our process is to hire contractors to work the SXSW season if our FT staff can’t handle the load. If we have the means, we offer FT jobs to the planners who knock it out of the park. Your review was written in January 2016, and in May 2016 we were able to offer FT jobs to four of the seasonal planners. Since 2009, we’ve offered FT permanent positions to a total of 27 people. Most of our office space (2500 square feet, so not a small office) is open, true, but our team works collaboratively and we want them to be able to talk. Whenever possible, we make sure planners have their backs to the wall so they have screen privacy. Pay for the seasonal contract positions runs from $15 to $20, depending on experience, and we provide health insurance and a holiday bonus. All our FT employees have laptops and for the SXSW 2018 season we were able to provide laptops for the contractors, too. Our people work an insane number of hours from January through SXSW, but we’re very upfront about that. It’s definitely not for the weak at heart, and we consistently hear that it was all worth it in the end.