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Culmen International

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Losing sight of reputation to pursue growth - Analyst Culmen International Employee Review

2.0
Jan 7, 2020
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Pros

A lot of the folks who started the company are still with the company -- that speaks volumes to their commitment to the company. The 100% employer covered health benefit was great but as the company grows it is likely this benefit will change in the coming years. Decent work-life balance. Most of the client-facing work is administrative and slow-paced. If you need a decent paying job with a pretty simple workload (ie being the driver behind powerpoint presentations), this is a good company for that kind of work.

Cons

The fact that those people are STILL with the company means there is absolutely no room for growth. You either come into the company to be a worker bee or you come in at the VP level bringing a massive contact list the company can use to pursue new work. There are no in-betweens. As a junior-level person, I thought the pay was at or slightly above average. A huge red flag is the absence of annual reviews. If there is no review there is no process to evaluate performance; if there is no process to evaluate performance there is no way to negotiate any sort of pay or position bump. At the end of the day, the worker bee employees are expendable. Because there are no middle managers, it is bottom line or bust. That means your direct manager is prepared to kick you to the curb if need be. There is some job security embedded in USG contracting but it isn't guaranteed. If you don't have work to bill for you will be vulnerable at this company, unlike some of the larger firms in the area.

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Cons

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Pros

Company offers 100% Employer Paid benefits for its employees. 401K matching.

Cons

Poor leadership skills, CEO is checked out, CFO is not in control of his finance or accounting department. COO is a figure head only, no real power to make any decisions. People are hired with little to no experience for all job duties. Middle Management has no power, everything goes up/through the CEO. Lack of Process or Broken process and middle through Executive leadership refuse to make the necessary changes to improve quality of life and quality of the work in the workplace. Non-Compliance issues are everywhere, Company has been making bad decisions after bad decision, loosing money, and the skilled personnel are leaving.

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