Fast growing company with nepotism and bad management - Anonymous employee Groundworks Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Twice a year gainshare was great. CEO is great and takes a personal interest in you. Easy to get behind his vision. Great place to work hard and get rewarded for it, if you know the right people in the company. Great company culture.

Cons

This is for corporate specifically. Management aside from CEO is mostly promoted from within, effort certainly plays its part, but brown-nosing also gets people promoted here. People get promoted to positions they are unqualified to lead or don't know how to lead, and it stays like that for months/years before anything is done. You can also have toxic/bad teammates that contribute very little but are still employed for a long time. I've also seen really hardworking employees get passed over for raises, or get fired because of bad managers. All directions point back to management. The vibe of the culture is almost cult-like. There is no open and honest communication, without repercussions. If you are reading this, ask yourself why such a big 1,500+ employee company has so few positive reviews and why of their 17 whopping reviews, at least 5 are negative.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

True ownership of your success, meritocracy belief system, best training from a company paired with pay, and great structure for growing skill set.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 18, 2026
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Pros

Don’t have to generate your own leads.

Cons

They do not pay you properly. So many mistakes on payroll and they never can get it right. I am talking about tens of thousands of dollars in errors annually.

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