Freelancer reviews

I am only writing this to advise others to refrain from joining this workplace. Here is why: - The leadership team is...indescribable. Prepare to be sworn at, your work and your intelligence ridiculed, and to be humiliated in emails that are sent to the entire company. The worst part is that there is no HR. - The in-house legal team makes you wonder how they possibly obtained a law degree. But when you realise that the legal team and the Leadership team are all friends within the Sydney socialist circles, it starts to make sense - they definitely weren't hired because of intelligence or talent. Get ready to be bullied by them; they're anti-immigration and openly homophobic so give Freelancer a miss if you value your sanity. - They do not provide any kind of employee support. They previously refused to give time off for people with mental health disorders, that resulted in resultant court cases (google it). - The company is floundering - there is no growth and it will slowly die. Never work for a company that is struggling, it won't get you anywhere. - The pay is much below industry standard. Pigs are much more likely to fly than you getting a raise. How else is the leadership team meant to afford their Hummers (seriously).

It seemed that people were dismissed left, right and centre, leaving you questioning your position in the company. One person left, and anyone they worked closely with would leave a week later. I feel sorry for the new people who come into the company not knowing what they are about to experience. The company used to be excellent, and then it turned to rubble. There is a real lack of “culture”. Employees were made to spread word about how good the company is, which was embarrassing considering many of them didn’t like the CEO’s attitude to pretty much everyone. He treated employees like servants and continually humiliated not only women in general, but women in the company. General mocking, teasing and snide and dirty comments were made, and an atmosphere littered with gossip gave this workplace a horrid smell. A lot of the immature employees take after the CEO’s juvenile behaviour. Nothing substantial was done to alleviate bullying and the CEO sometimes shouted at employees in a threatening manner, said personally hurtful things, or talked about people behind their back. It’s insulting that so much money is wasted by the company on useless gadgets and ugly wallpaper, and very little is done to reward employees who have worked so hard for the better part of a few years. Hard workers will receive low salary and never receive a pay rise. Management never understood a “training budget” and cared very little about employees learning anything, treating them like virtual robots. Watching the CEO spend money on a grand piano and a large handful of colour-changing light bulbs was disgusting.