Inspiration Stops at the Source Book
Pros
-They hire amazing people! -You're trusted with responsibility almost immediately and have the space to build out processes and take ownership of your role. Trust and ownership comes early in your tenure. -Fast paced environment (aka little fires everywhere), that works well for those who thrive in uncertainty, chaos, and frenetic situations. It's rare that more than 2 days in a row will be the same. -HQ employees are given an amazing canvas tote bag during onboarding :)
Cons
-Toxic executive people leadership with lack of awareness, thinly veiled racist and homophobic tendencies, and ZERO Human Resources experience. -Boomer led capitalistic expectations that are better suited to 1995. HQ employees have ZERO flexibility in their schedule, hybrid work is not an option at all, with those living in SF and the East Bay (aka where most of the talent is) having to commute and pay tolls over bridges to access the office. -Turnover is more than 80% with most associates lasting between 6 and 9 months due to lack of culture, lack of flexibility, lack of work/life balance, and lack of realistic work expectations. -Sanitizer was removed from office spaces for aesthetic reasons and that is the best indicator of how the pandemic has been treated within the organization. Offices never closed and associates were never given the option to work from home unless they had an ADA accommodation from a healthcare provider stating their health dictated a need to work remotely. -With increased sales and profit margin as of Q3 2021, the CEO was still unwilling to match employee 401(k). Upper leadership will state that he is "not convinced that associates want that benefit" or that there are better ways to reward associates. The truth is that the executive team is unwilling to invest the $8M to match.
