Poor leadership - Anonymous employee OCLC Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Coworkers are generally very smart, passionate people.

Cons

Raises are tiny and do not keep up with inflation. Pay is generally right at or below market for positions. Upper leadership is out of touch and condescending. A decision was recently made to send employees back to office 3 days a week, despite telling employees previously that this wasn't the plan. Morale is incredibly low right now. An earlier review said leadership values profit over purpose, which is an accurate description. Very little diversity. There have been many surveys and focus groups around this, but no real progress is ever made. No real benefits for being a high performing employee, and no accountability for those who are just skating along at the bare minimum. I've seen people stay at this company for many years who contribute very little.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

The benefits, particularly the thrift plan, are good for as long as they still exist. The employees are generally smart and caring people.

Cons

Upper management is neither good nor trustworthy. To go into details would most likely violate this website's TOS. Trust them not to tell you the truth, trust them to blame you if they can save themselves for another year. Any stories you've heard about a great place to work are based on old data. That company no longer exists. While layoffs have always been a threat, employees are constantly on edge now and having the CEO tell them if they want to stay on they shouldn't make trouble does not help, to say the least If you get hired here, understand that this cannot be a long term destination. Get your experience, have an exit plan, don't get comfortable and fade into mediocrity because that is your future, and that's if you are lucky. I just want to add that everything the other reviews say about the president is true. He absolutely did mock employee responses to an opinion survey at a town hall.

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