Overworked and Underpaid - Manager Cbeyond Employee Review

1.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job. Direct Deposit

Cons

Pay is below average. They overwork their employees. No work-life balance. They won't hesitate to call you at night, weekends or vacations to ask you to work. They won't hesitate to demand that you work all weekend or all night. My boss emailed me a new assignment at 7 PM and then called me at midnight (same day) to ensure that I would have it done by 1 AM!!! Was I recognized or thanked or given comp time for this? Of course not! Was this the only time? Of course not! The work at home policy is inconsistent within the company - some groups allow you to do it, others apply a zero work at home. They "recognize" their top employees with "awards" but not in a tangible way such as promotions, pay raises, or bonuses. They used to be able to get away with offering every employee stock options to keep them happy, but now that their stock has dropped over 50% from when I started, my stock options are completely worthless.

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Pros

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Cons

LONG hours...I would arrive at 7am for the morning meeting. we would then have team meeting at 8am and we would hit the road at 9am. We wouldn't get back until 5:30-6:00pm BUT nobody complained because we were paid for it. Nobody cared what gas prices were because we were more than compensated (I forgot to mention Dom, the big boss, would but gas cards and hand those out just because you had a nice suit on. Dude was such a good leader....eveyone wanted to do good for Dom. Why? I/ couldn't explain it...ther than he knew how to lead and that involves getting people to buy into your plan. We did. And Dom had that division leading the company each and every month. Two of the best years of my career and it happened in the very beginning. I will always miss my time here. what a con. lol. it was a great job

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