Teach C Space, Value = Fair Pay + Respect - Consultant C Space Employee Review

2.0
Jul 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

C Space is a great company to walk your first steps. A company that's small enough to feel like you've met just about everyone in the campus you're in, or feel comfortable enough to strike up a random conversation with anyone. C Space is one of the few companies that is not hierarchical/ place emphasis on what your boundaries are as someone in your role (no matter how junior). Within this qual-focused, market insights company, yes, you can do whatever you want once you're in. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the people. The people who work here are just some of the smartest, kindest and deserving people who'll likely become a part of your forever circle. Also, it's a company with majority-female leadership and employees, and that trickles down into pride, forward-thinking, etc. Oh, finally. The big names you work with will help in networking opps, and kind of boost your credibility. So yes, if the above reasons are things that you value, C Space might be a great fit for you. But, keep reading anyway.

Cons

First of all, there's an expectation for you to do the work of so many different functions. No offense to you or me, but you'll never excel in any of them making for poor quality research that you'll then sell to clients. Burnout culture is VERY REAL because of this. But also, somehow, you're made to feel like there's great work-life balance. In reality however, most nights when you're working late, and feeling like you're unworthy, blaming your own competence for not being successful, seeing other people getting promoted over you or people in the same role getting paid much better than you for no tangible reason at all, that's when you'll realize you've been gaslit. C Space has a notorious culture of bias. And they hold their secrets for performance and pay very discreetly and hide it behind vague competencies they measure you against. That way, it's easier to make you believe you're not where you need to be in terms of your performance, instead of them having to explain to you what they're expecting. The same few people - you know the type; vocal, extremely participative, voluntarily working long hours, have command of language and assertive get recognized time after time. Promotions are a bribe to get you to stay, not a recognition of your value to them. So if they can get you to work long hours for them, and pay you just a little more - just enough to entice you to stay, that's what they're going to do. For everyone else, it's "guess we'll take care of them if they ever decide to leave us." If you're doubtful, just look at their attrition rates YoY. In summary, if you care about your self-worth, or the quality of work you're delivering, or skills you're learning to transition into a new career or want a workplace that respects you or feel like you want to be paid fairly, you should not stay here more than a year.

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C Space Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a review of your time at C Space. I'm glad that you enjoyed the people that you had a chance to work with, and that you feel you've picked up some great client brands to help you as you build your career. I'm sorry that your experience with pay and progression here was not more positive. There are companies out there that pay more than we do, and there are companies out there that pay less. We strive to pay fairly based on people's experience and contribution to C Space. Regular pay equity analyses (made available to all C Spacers in a biannual report on our internal comms platform) track internal pay equity by gender and race at all levels, and our last summary also detailed some of the salary-benchmarking that we've done with the external market. We've promoted a significant number of people over the past 12 months (64 people in Q4 and 44 people so far in 2021), so it's disappointing to hear you felt that only a certain kind of person can be successful here. As I look again through the list of people, I know that they do not all conform to the extrovert stereotype. All of this said, clearly this wasn't your experience and I'm sorry for that. I wish you all the very best in your next step. Thanks for your contribution during your time with us. Phil

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