Toxic In-Crowd Culture with No Training - Anonymous- Salaried Staff On Employee Review

2.0
Jun 25, 2025
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Pros

Great people come to On and work incredibly hard to build a very cool product

Cons

Legacy employees get clear preferential treatment. Leadership talks behind people’s backs while pretending it’s a flat, open culture — it’s actually bureaucratic and cliquey. HR leadership copies consulting frameworks (Bain/McKinsey style) and pushes buzzwords like "Radical Candor," "strat house," and "9-box" without substance or genuine respect for people. Feedback culture is performative — people avoid honest feedback for fear of retaliation. Lots of people in leadership roles with no idea what they’re doing. Most people are doing 7-9 jobs at the same time. Zurich leadership takes major legal risks in North America that should concern any HR/compliance pro.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your review. We’re sorry to hear this was your experience at On. We know that leaders are key to building a culture of trust – not just in principle, but in everyday behavior. Becoming a leader at On includes leadership onboarding and training, and we’re continuing to invest in this to better equip people to lead with clarity, accountability, and empathy. We consider feedback an important tool across the organization. We rolled out new feedback processes last year, including upward feedback where team members give feedback to their direct leader. And through our annual Engagement Survey, we review and take action on the feedback we receive from our teams. We're committed to building an environment with safe and open communication, as this is a key to the growth of everyone at On. We'll take on all your feedback and continue the work to make sure our teams can thrive with us.

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