Fire Sale, everything must go - Anonymous employee Georgia-Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good co-workers. Previously had financial ability to place the right bets on the long term value. Market-based Management is a strong philosophy, but seems rarely applied.

Cons

Company is cutting 40%+ of HQ employees. Focus is on short term 3-6 month performance. Company performance and culture has been in decline for 5+ years and come to a head in 2020. Political favoritism is now running wild. Leaders who have failed to successfully lead over the past decade are still in power and are cutting anyone who would challenge their old-school thinking. Compensation has never been transparent. Raises only occur based on flight risk (i.e. if you don't complain, you wont get a raise). Bonuses are not based on any performance metrics and instead are paid out arbitrarily. HR claims it is "value paid for value created" but every leader knows it's just a bucket of money handed to each group and paid out based on manager preferences.

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Georgia-Pacific Response
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to write a review and share your candid feedback. We have been in a transformational time since late 2019 with the launch of our new vision and focusing on areas needed to change in order to achieve these goals. It has not been easy, and many tough decisions have been made. Work should be rewarding and fulfilling and I am disappointed to read you feel this might have been lost. I have shared this feedback with the appropriate leadership teams as awareness and reminders and thank you again for sharing. -Molly from Talent Solutions

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