A Place for Mom reviews

First of all, the company desperately needed a new CEO. The old CEO had the company way behind across the business. The new CEO, who lives in NYC, came right in with an enormous amount of "Im the boss, Im great, NYC is great, Seattle is horrible" attitude. He had very little interest in getting to know anyone in the Seattle "Corp HQ" office at all. They got rid of most leadership with any understanding of the business or customers. They hired a group of amazingly ineffective executives...ALL of them are hopelessly unaware of how bad they are at their jobs. The blame game and follow the next shiny object are on full display as they try, unsuccessfully, to build the business. Everything they've attempted to do has been a total mess. Their large egos and tone-deaf arrogance are exceeded only by their incompetence and utter lack of ability. They basically came in and straight up lied to everyone in the Seattle office. They've done all they can to force people to leave on their own, or down right just got rid of people for no apparent reason. It's likely that they think they can build up the business to a certain point, and perhaps the ownership group will try and sell the business. The owners, who everyone touted as business geniuses when they visited the office, are either not very good at hiring CEOs, or they knew exactly what they were doing and simply did not care. The business though, appears to be speeding downhill at a rapid pace. If you're looking to join this company, in any city or in any capacity, I would suggest that you run away as fast as possible. Same suggestion for any potential buyers out there. They might even respond to this review with a generic "Sorry you're having a poor experience. Things are always bumpy with new leadership" etc, but they can't refute any of what I've just written.

I could literally write a novel at why this company is so terrible, but I’ll try to keep it relatively brief. The company changed ownership July of 2017 and since then has done a complete 180 on performance and culture The company used to make decisions based on what was driving the most profit dollars and what was good for the employees. However, after the purchase (and the CEO got a super fat check) this suddenly shifted to decisions seemingly guided by the CEO’s personal feelings. From what I witnessed, he fired anyone who disagreed with his decisions and the only people remaining are yes-men (and 2 yes-women). Since decisions are now crafted based on what will make the company look better in front of the board, instead of actual data, and based on a fear of divergence the company is no longer an enjoyable place to work. You have to walk on eggshells, subtly beat around the bush, and blindly follow glaringly bad decisions (otherwise you’re suddenly out of a job). As many other reviewers have pointed out, some reviews have been coerced and/or compensated. Employees (I think they target new and/or field employees) will be sent an email directly to them stating that Glassdoor is critical for recruiting and they’ve been chosen to write a review that month. They’re asked to respond to the email when the new review is posted and in turn they’ll receive an Amazon gift card. HR is head by Legal which is pretty much all you need to know about the work culture. Employees are liabilities, not assets. You will have no one to turn to if you have an actual issue within the company because HR reports to the company’s lawyer who obviously has he company’s best interest at heart, not yours.