These four and five star reviews seem like they are fake or written by management to give falsely positive testimony.
Pros
Bi-weekly pay cycle. Lame but available health insurance.
Cons
Terrible pay. Very toxic culture. Rampant sexism. Rampant racism. Rampant ageism. Unrepentant favoritism often crossing into nepotistic territory. Associate managers all seem to lack both experience and humanity. Managers are clueless and proud of it, they love to rubber stamp anything a fellow manager says. Communication failures between all levels of management are so consistent that meetings discussing anything in the company feel schizophrenic. Sexual harassment from male and female managers is so prevalent and intentionally unaddressed it is alarming. Terminally un-inclusive. If you are a woman or person of color, get ready to be marginalized and overlooked. High levels of attrition. Zero time is provided for training and professional development. HR will side with management 100% of the time and tell employees point blank that only a managers word matters. Unless you happen to be on one of the two or three teams with managers who can walk and chew gum simultaneously, do not expect meaningful performance reviews. Management openly mocks employees when they think no one is listening. Employees are harshly critiqued if they point out problems or issues but do not also supply the immediate fix to management. Management habitually lies about their concerns for everyone’s work-life balance. Many managers and associate managers are in meetings from the moment they walk in the door until the end of day, preventing any management from actually occurring. It’s a “do your job and your managers job and some of your colleagues jobs too for good measure” sort of place to work. Untruthful management. Inconsistent management. Costly misguided pet projects that waste employees time and ultimately produce no viable product are the norm. What was important last week will like not be important next week and employees will be punished for not anticipating the changes. Budget freezes and undisclosed overruns will affect employees salaries repeatedly. Salary actions are abysmal, almost humorously so. Frequent management advances mean employees get to have a revolving door of mostly inexperienced and unqualified associate managers throughout their career. Merit is not appreciated or recommend. Red Hat kool-aid must be consumed or there ARE repercussions. Hyper-cliquey. People with inconvenient health conditions will be fired. Performance is actually irrelevant, but how an employee is perceived is paramount. All of an employees knowledge and good will absolutely will be abused by most managers. Career advancement is time locked, rather than taking ability into the equation at all. Hard work and dedication are ignored.
