Horiible Culture - Anonymous employee Empower Employee Review

2.0
Dec 1, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Location, cafeteria (though way too expensive), a paycheck. Some fun events on occassion. Free covered parking.Pockets of people who really care about doing good work.

Cons

CULTURE. A silo culture that allows teams who should be working together to dig their heels in and create obstacles for each other.Very hard to get anything done - much less get anything done right. Titles give some people permission to treat others bad. Some areas of favoritism that restrict promotion of good people and implementation of good ideas. Some management need more backbone. Instead of managing individual issues, valuable perks were taken away from all - casual Fridays and flexible schedules. Poor performers not dealt with. HelpDesk is understaffed. Don't often get quality results from them, which results in not having the resources needed to do my job right. It took days, and many calls to the help desk to get my computer working right during my first weeks of employment. Dread having to call them for anything. All i hear from them is how busy they are. "Big Brother" - have to badge in and out of each building all day - and the parking lot during lunch hours. can't forget badge when going to the bathroom, or will be locked out of department.Phone logs printed for management. Internet excessively restricted, and probably heavily monitored.

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

Many smart people genuinely want to grow & succeed; An excellent long term strategic vision backed by long term oriented investors; Ample growth opportunities at a business that is very well positioned for long term growth. Leaders that genuinely care about their people. Remote work is truly an advantage - just the lack of a commute makes a large difference. Opportunity to be at the ground level of a company that will develop a much stronger national brand over the next decade.

Cons

Delivery & Execution are areas that are truly challenging in the high growth/evolutionary environment that Empower is in today. Cultural changes are happening within the business that create some competing priorities, though Sr. Leaders continue to lead through this. Working with people across the US means don't expect a normal schedule - early / late starts and working lunches are the norm.

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