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Beware of CEO dictatorship - Human Resources Applied Research Associates Employee Review

1.0
Jan 25, 2023
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Pros

Awesome employees and excellent divisions level leadership! Good benefits. Employee owned ESOP benefits.

Cons

The CEO is only interested in his good ole boy network. He only promotes people into leadership who are east of the Mississippi. Definitely doesn’t promote people who he believes are smarter than him. He is only interested in the divisions he has knowledge in. If he doesn’t understand it, he doesn’t show interest. It certainly doesn’t matter if the division earns way more contracts/money than other divisions. Very sad that Rob Sues is still in his role at ARA! ARA’s employees would be much happier with a CEO who valued them inclusively. Rob Sues isn’t that person!

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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