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Definite yellow, if not red, flags - HQ Employee General Assembly Employee Review

2.0
Jan 27, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Solid work-life balance - The people are smart and collegial

Cons

- The content of the reviews entitled "stay away if you know what's good for you", "Run....Don't do it!!", and "A rapid downhill that seems to only be getting worse" sum up the existing organizational issues. - There is a major communication problem that has not been solved by top-level strategy discussions, which seems to partially be because people pretend they know where things are headed even though they actually don't know or haven't yet made up their minds, and partially because the company, as a whole, doesn't have any successful systems for communicating decisions that affect week-to-week work but do not rise to the level of company-wide announcements. - HR is markedly bureaucratic and inflexible for what is, ultimately, not all that big a company. Yet, somehow, it nevertheless seems that not everyone has to follow the same set of rules when it comes to promotion and advancement, so it's literally the worst of both worlds. - There's been a lot of talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, but no actual engagement with the extremely high turnover from the last six months among the corporate headquarters teams.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of opportunities to learn and build experience with Fortune 500 and 1000 client projects, can offer flexibility since the work is 100% remote and contracts are on a per-project basis. Can be great for career growth if you're motivated to work hard and hustle

Cons

People are spread very thin on lots of projects, timelines can be very rushed and high-pressure. This can be a result of client pressure, but also frequently comes from internal issues with communication and poorly defined scope of work.

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