Doesn't value its employees - Anonymous employee Cubic Employee Review

1.0
Aug 29, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paycheck. At least for now.

Cons

Management does not value their employees as individual contributors, nor do they trust them or treat them as professionals. Many employees had work-from-home forms submitted and approved by management and we were told that wasn't going to change. But that was suddenly taken away in April, no exceptions. They said face-face collaboration is important. I don't know about collaboration as we had no issue with that being remote, but the current in-person discussions at the office center on the hypocrisy of management and how little they care about employees. If in-person collaboration is so important, why are 80-90% of senior management NOT on the San Diego campus (corporate headquarters) the required days per week? Why are 100% of senior HR not on that campus, or any closest office? Why are we being threatened about return to office rules when the top folks don't follow their own rules? Isn't it important for the PEOPLE RUNNING THE COMPANY TO COLLABORATE IN PERSON too? But they are all listed as home office and exempt from return to office rules. They don't have to suffer long commute times and high fuel prices which further reduce below-average salaries. Recent layoffs of 10% of workforce (mostly long-timers) to keep the doors open, but they are hiring! We can't meet obligations and schedule, but they lay off the people actually doing the work, not the many layers of VPs and other upper management that would save them millions per year. Betcha those upper managers get a fat bonus this year. Management has proven that their word is meaningless. HR is demeaning, condescending and hostile. Their function is to browbeat employees and stand in the way of promotions. Not only is management dishonest with employees, but apparently vendors too. We have vendors refusing service until they are paid. Employee morale is in the toilet and getting worse by the day.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

My manager was awesome. Job was diverse and creativity was welcomed. Salary was pretty good, even if I was technically doing two types of positions. Co-workers were also good, some great, actually. Work life balance was also pretty good. All credit to that goes to my manager and the managers I've had before my last one.

Cons

In the end, my loyalty seemed to not be valued. My hard work showed and I met deadlines before the due date. Only called in sick when actually sick, and hardly took time off. The thing that bothered me the most was the way they laid me off. Group Teams video meeting, but the person giving us the news was not on video. Just a black screen, telling you that was your last day and that after that meeting your access will be cut off. And it was. I almost felt like an email would've been better than that black screen. That is really the only time I felt bad about the way things went. I know corporate life brings in the usual fiscal year layoffs, but it just felt wrong the way it was done, in my opinion.

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