An example of life at Orveon:
When Orveon bought 3 brands from Shiseido, they organized a welcome day, in the NYC office. They did not cancel this event, even though it was during the first omicron surge in NYC. In person attendance was not required, but it was the first opportunity to meet with the new leadership so a lot of people showed up.
People were told vaccination was required, but nobody's was checked. The office was PACKED - you literally had to brush past people, tap people on the shoulder to squeeze through - and they served breakfast, so very few were wearing masks. In this context, the new head of HR stood up in front of the crowd, with a livestream camera zoomed in on him for everyone remote, looked out at a room of unmasked people literally standing shoulder-to-shoulder due to lack of space...and said he wanted everyone dialing in to know how proud he was that the company was people-first and safety first, and that everyone who came to the event in person was vaccinated, masked, and social distancing. So just to recap: this was the company's new head of HR, meeting the team for the first time, and having no problem very obviously lying.
This was representative of what was to follow... promoted a few people, telling them they were valuable, integral to the future, and would have more/bigger teams reporting into them, then laid off most of their teams without ever consulting them on which roles were worth keeping and which could be cut...told the 3 brands they were all valued in how different they were and they would all operate independently, then did mass layoffs and merged the teams.
Obviously restructuring is hard! It's not fun for anyone, and it's something that's often necessary, and can lead to a stronger company in the long run — if it's done right. But the consistent dishonesty from leadership, starting day 1, doesn't bode well for the team.
