Underlying Toxic Culture with no avenue for improvement - Anonymous Relias Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Current Work from home due to COVID-19 - Unlimited Time Off (PTO) - Truly enjoying the job and work this company is doing.

Cons

People are constantly promoted based on seniority rather than actual skills. Not everyone is suited to being a people manager, there needs to be a greater understanding of servant leadership across these mid-management roles. Favoritism and preferential treatment is getting out of control. I feel like my voice is stifled and I have no real leaders I can go to and address the issues I'm having with my direct manager. To be frank, i'm biding my time so I can either go to another department or leave this company entirely. I've been here for years so it just feel like an endless hamster wheel.

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Relias Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I agree with you that not everyone is suited to being people managers and I'm concerned by your statement that there is rampant favoritism and preferential treatment in the business. We try to make sure we are aware of where there may be need for additional training for some managers based on 360 feedback as well as performance reviews, but it would be extremely helpful if you could speak to me directly since you are a current employee in confidence. It is difficult to understand where we need to dig in further if our current feedback and performance management processes are not unearthing these concerns. Please consider booking time with me. Thank you.

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