Stay away- toxic culture where passive aggressive personalities abound - Senior Manager DRT Strategies Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, nada, nothing, slim, great at gossip and nepotism

Cons

Nepotism, back stabbing culture. Executive leadership in certain areas are not qualified or competent to be in such a position and are only there due to the CEO's college ties. This is absolutely the wrong way to run a company as their inexperience and lack of professionalism shows. When confronted with real gov con compliance issues the standard reply is to ignore and treat you as a "know it all" because you have more knowledge than the leadership. Many times issues were raised and nothing came of it only retribution for bringing it up.

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DRT Strategies Response
7y
Recently DRT completed our 2018 employee satisfaction survey which returned an 81% positive satisfaction rate for working environment and culture; and over 90% positive satisfaction on DRT values. The description you provided does not reflect DRT today, how we operate and what our employees stand for. We are familiar with your particular situation and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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DRT Strategies Response
2w
Thank you for your review. We value feedback from employees and strive to serve our clients and the communities in which we live and work. We are disappointed to hear that this was not your experience. If this was brought to our attention during your employment, we would have addressed your concerns as soon as possible. Again, thank you for sharing your perspective and we wish you well in your professional endeavors. 
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