Founder is awesome, but morals and ethics are majorly lacking in some middle managers - Technical Support Specialist Carbon Employee Review

3.0
Dec 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Dogs! -The founder and his family are amazing. I was very proud to work for Joe and to help make his vision for Carbon come alive. It honestly hurts me to leave a negative review for Carbon because I love the people who run the company, but it's simply not ethical to let my situation go unreported.

Cons

I believe the leadership team would be extremely disappointed to know how some managers are treating the employees. My managers prioritized how they'd be perceived over doing the right thing in major ways that resulted in me leaving, and others to follow. Specifically, these managers got rid of people who reported thorny issues that they did not want to deal with because it would have signaled big and embarrassing problems on their team to people above them. Their lack of class in my departure and that of at least one other colleague was despicable. It's amazing that HR not only let this happen, but assisted with it. Don't work for this team if you want to feel comfortable reporting fireable offenses you witness without retribution. Basic respect is lacking from the management on this team in particular, and nasty people are rewarded simply because it is easier to get rid of the ones reporting the problems.

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Carbon Response
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Thank you for your review. Carbon is committed to providing oversight, training and support for our managers and employees. We take these types of claims very seriously. We would not tolerate the type of behavior you described.

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