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4.3

85% would recommend to a friend

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1.0
Jul 12, 2024

good colleagues, bad management

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Pros

Middle management is very good at Conductor. I worked at Conductor for 3 years and I only knew one or two people who disliked their managers.

Cons

- Upper management (C-Suite) has genuinely nice people in it, but they are completely dysfunctional as execs. They base company strategy on vibes, don't make any big plans in advance, and then panic when strategies don't work right away. Company/sales/CS strategy changes wildly every 6 months or so because of this. This is what causes every other problem at the company -- everyone there is overworked and underpaid. Executives' solution to every problem is to hustle harder (the company used to be owned by WeWork, and it shows) and make employees pull all nighters to re-do finished work. -The salary you get when you're hired will be your salary forever. The only way I heard of anyone getting a substantial raise was through a competing offer. This is why so many top employees have left the company: they got competing offers and then realized they would be better off elsewhere. - No job security. The company has been through 6 or 7 rounds of layoffs in the last 2 years. - No people-first culture, despite all the lip service. The CEO forced a return to office for 4 days per week despite this being extremely unpopular among employees. Some employees have to come in 4 days per week; others can work from home with no clear reason for this besides favoritism. There is no work/life balance; you will get emails and calls from senior leaders at all hours of the night and weekend.

5.0
Jul 9, 2024
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Pros

-Management truly supports and guides me -Company culture fosters collaboration and a sense of community -Expectations are clearly communicated, allowing me to focus on achieving my goals effectively -Fair pay and commission structure motivate me to exceed expectations - I feel valued and appreciated through regular recognition and acknowledgments

Cons

Some areas for improvement in technology tools to streamline processes

2.0
Jun 7, 2023

Good people, NOT a people-first culture

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Pros

Middle management at Conductor is top tier - managers provide helpful feedback and work to make sure lower-level employees are learning, growing and engaged. Unfortunately, that growth will be in spirit only because the promotion process at Conductor is designed to take months and raises are usually minimal. You will be expected to perform the work of a promotion (the work of someone above your pay grade, or usually the work of 3 people above your pay grade) for 6 months to a year before you will become eligible for promotion. Conductor can be a fun place to work - the people here are some of the best and most driven you'll ever work with - but you should negotiate like hell on your offer if you want to join. You will not get a promotion or raise until WELL after you've earned them, especially if you’re a woman or a POC.

Cons

Most of the company's problems come down to a dysfunctional C-suite and extreme org-wide micromanagement. C-level executives constantly involve themselves in issues well below their pay grades, and those executives have no idea how these low-level projects are supposed to work. As a result, most initiatives are poorly thought out and get rushed, stalled, and changed after rollout constantly and everyone at the company ends up confused about what's going on.  Executives make thoughtless remarks at all-company meetings and demand changes to finished work on a daily basis, which can both be highly demotivating. Executives also place blame for any and all performance issues and resulting layoffs on low-level employees and “the markets” rather than their own strategy. For lower-level employees, pushing back on bad ideas is a waste of time - leaders rarely listen to feedback from employees. The CEO is a very nice person, but much of this messy culture comes from him as a leader. Company-wide decisions are made based on his personal working preferences rather than data, subject matter expertise or the needs/wants of employees. Senior leaders show up late or not at all to meetings, which leads to everyone working under them doing the same. Managers often visibly struggle to present executive decisions as good ideas to their teams.

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