Great Perks not = amazing culture or results - Anonymous employee Edmunds.com Employee Review

2.0
Jan 2, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing work place (physical); benefits on par with any major Google and Facebook-like places (but not better than). Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) mean you are free from actual specified start or end times (but you then cannot accrue vacation time as the ROWE is basically a use it or loose it system that does not carry over year to year) . Basically if you want an awesome place to hang out in, free food and great perks, but not necessarily do anything amazing, innovative, or productive, here is your place; but then be ready to play the politics needed to hang on to the job.

Cons

A nice office space and perks are not the same a culture; this place is a "high school" more so than a place where great things can happen. Much incompetence at highest ranks exploit and blame mid level, creating a world in which the minority of people do the majority of work. There are many lifers that cling on to their position at the expense of new blood and dwell always first on why things cannot be done. Many people have not had any other jobs for many many years with skills that would not be competitive in the open market; essentially many people suffer from "this is how I have always done it" syndrome. No one is allowed to disagree and everyone gives empty false praises. If you may expose the wrong person's mistakes or limitations, you are done -- ROWE or no ROWE. This causes a scary reality that is very unaware of technology, market, and societal trends. Finally, executive leadership give huge lip-service to treating employees like family; however, the minute revenue projections are even at risk or not being met, people not yet entrenched prove 100% dispensable even as incompetent lifers continue to just hang around, and layoff events are very unprofessional (that is where the perk reality ends).

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Edmunds.com Response
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Thanks for taking the time to share your honest feedback. Your candor is appreciated. We are disheartened to hear that this has been your experience. It’s certainly not the culture we set out to create or nurture...quite the opposite actually. Given that you are a current employee, I would encourage you to speak directly with me, Julie Merges (Chief People Officer), so that we can have a dialogue and find ways to address the issues you’re experiencing. We’ve always been committed to doing that and we are certainly committed to doing that with you. - Julie Merges

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