You Win Some, You Lose A Lot - Anonymous employee BDA Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the people. I've worked with and for some of the nicest, most hardworking people there are during my time here and would not hesitate to work with them again. I also did like that HR puts in some effort for company events (summer picnic, olympics, halloween) and appreciate that they kept participation voluntary.

Cons

1. A lot of micromanaging happening in the workplace. They're very into being in-office and having calls vs emails, but the very same people communicate different information on the phone vs emails so anything they say on the phone they can twist to land you in trouble (not because they don't like you– it's just that didn't communicate their request to you properly because how dare you not read between the lines. What's the point of being in the office when you're in a cubicle having zoom calls all morning / hearing other people's calls while you're trying to work– the company is international so it's almost impossible to have an in-person meeting unless your contact is in the same building and you've arranged it in advance). 2. Not a fan of how clique-y everything is, and how everyone just expects you to be a "tigger"– an upbeat, eager shell of a person no matter how much you're working on. Being a downer because you're having a hard time with something? You're an Eeyore and "no one wants to be an eeyore." Just shows a lack of empathy. 3. Prepare for 8-paragraphs-at-6-am Monday morning emails, 8 pm emails on Friday night and the (more than) occasional call on your PTO because "Jay wanted it yesterday" despite your emails from earlier in the week reminding your contacts of your PTO (and the large text in red listing your upcoming PTOs) go unnoticed. Don't answer it? They'll go through your boss-friend who'll reprimand you for it one way or another. But the same boss-friend will tell you that they have your back and you don't have to work through your PTOs. Tell that to the sales coordinators who tell me I'm "brave" for not bringing my laptop while I'm backpacking. 4. There's a lot of turnover especially for lower positions because they don't bother doing proper training with some of the sales people, then throwing them under the bus when they try to work around it. There's some people that shine under pressure, but I hope they realize that too much pressure leads to burn out. 5. On a smaller note, the old building smells like mold and they say it's just 'stale air' but I always felt a bit sick after being in the office for too long.

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Cons

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Pros

- Decent base salary if this is your first job out of University. - Free Swag - WFH Fridays - Smart and helpful colleagues

Cons

- Incredibly stressful, do NOT take this job if you do not have a high stress tolerance. - A ton of competing priorities that almost always require quick/immediate action. - You get a ton of emails and are expected to be able to pull up and reference any of them at a moments notice. - Constant whiplash between doing deep, focused work (presentation/catalogs) that have a ton of details and require your full attention versus quick/rapid fire tasks that you must address immediately. There were days where I was working on one presentation all day and couldn't get it done because of how much I was getting pinged to resolve other issues. - To get promoted you must essentially do the job of 2 people (CSC and PSA). Beyond that, there is no real career progression unless you want to go into sales. - Management always says to raise your hand if you need help. But when you ask for help, there is always pushback in the form of others having more task hours than you. - CEO took away one of the WFH days. When Qualtrics had negative feedback he essentially said "If you don't like it - then leave". He is a "Do as I say, not as I do." type of leader. - Workload and responsibilities are not commiserate to the salary.

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