Article reviews

Went from salary to hourly wage, micro managers, your roles are getting combined with no pay raises, there are layoffs left and right. The company definitely went from being a great place to work, to employees being unhappy and quitting.

In the three plus years I have worked for this company it has gone from being an organization I feel proud to work for to one I want to leave. Article has lost its soul and that’s really too bad because I want them to succeed but don’t believe that the current senior leadership is up to that task. The recent rounds of layoffs haven’t helped matters. It’s death by a thousand cuts without a solid strategy, other than cost savings, to back them up. Company culture has fallen each year since I’ve joined. I’ve gone from feeling excited to going to work to counting down the hours until I can log off. Too many good people, especially women, are leaving as they hit barrier after barrier when trying to solve problems and implement changes / improvements. I would caution women from applying or if you do be warned that your career progression will ultimately hit a ceiling. While not overtly discriminatory, few companies ever are, Article is an old boys club where men are seemingly offered more and diverse opportunities than women. As a people leader I’ve been told by my member of the senior leader team that there will come a time where I should “pick a lane” and focus only on leading one functional area. Strange since this advice doesn’t seem to have been offered to many of the men in management and leadership positions. Instead they are responsible for a diverse and wide range of functions while at times lacking the expertise or background to lead them.