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A deeply toxic culture - Marketing Project Management Institute Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Remote working, good pay, ome genuinely talented and well-meaning individual contributors who deserve far better than what this organisation puts them through.

Cons

The Marketing department has a deeply toxic culture where bullying is normal. Many others and I have witnessed people being screamed at publicly in meetings with no consequences for those responsible. Multiple colleagues have quit without another job lined up rather than stay. Goals are unclear and shift constantly, yet when things go wrong the blame lands squarely on staff rather than on the leadership that failed to provide direction. Communication is terrible. Decisions are made with a small circle of favourites and not shared even with senior colleagues who need that information to do their jobs. The result is a culture where a small inner circle, based on favour, controls all decisions behind closed doors, leaving even experienced, senior people stripped of any decision-making authority. Leadership across the organization is chaotic. Processes are a mess, poorly defined and inconsistent. It's an environment that actively de-skills you over time. You may be encouraged to pursue the PMP, but the irony is that PMI doesn't apply its own methodology internally, so you'll never get the chance to put it into practice.

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5.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

Great company, great leadership, very clear strategy and a very passionate community.

Cons

Not many cons, maybe disorganized sometimes. Too many internal meetings.

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1.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Remote work, but that is really it.

Cons

Compensation used to be competitive, but workload, expectations and initiatives have increased, Everyone is being asked to do more, and work harder with the same resources with no consideration for fair pay. Senior leaders are well aware of how they are perceived, but choose to do nothing, or simply say they are working on fixing things, with no tangible efforts seen. Our CEO is running the reputation, culture, and company into the ground for the sake of revenue. Him and his executive team are known bullies, and even though this has been complained about by so many of us, even to HR, nothing is ever done about it. We NEED board intervention. Just take a look at PMI's ratings. Even with the reviews obviously crafted and directed by internal leaders to try and suppress negative reviews. I will also add that career growth is non-existent, and the determined best fix for these concerns was training telling employees its their problem to figure out. Really makes us feel valued.

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