Good start, bad integration - SEO Manager Single Grain Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits package and OK pay.

Cons

This company acquired another agency a year or so ago, and within 6 months of official acquisition had let go of nearly all of the acquired employees when the employees were the main asset acquired next to the clientele. When new leadership was put in place, a department of 40-ish people had most of them let go without reason. The company made a lot of promises that they didn't keep when first integrating the agency they acquired. The culture became very toxic and most of that stemmed from the CEO himself.

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Single Grain Response
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Thank you for your feedback and for acknowledging the benefits and pay. We put a lot of hard work into those two areas to take care of our people. We don't take it lightly at all when we hire people as we know that it is their livelihood that we are affecting. Unfortunately, we are also a business and good businesses value performance. We haven't let anyone go 'without reason'. We also didn't cut a department of 40 people. In fact, we try to work closely with everyone and gather as much feedback as we can so we can learn how to continually improve. One of our core values is 'improvement obsession' and we strive to do our best to live by that value daily. Of course, the buck starts and stops with me and so when it comes to having to move on from people, it is ultimately my fault to begin with and I accept that responsibility. I agree with you that organizations should not be tunnel visioned on sales. We have been focused on client retention more than anything because if we do a great job, everything works itself out. I truly do wish you the best! - Eric

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Flexible environment with cool perks and benefits. Onboarding was great. The internal team was great to work with and I learned a lot in my time there.

Cons

Lacks overall direction - are we trying to grow the client base? Are we trying to grow with AI? Are we growing internal tools? I never really knew and often wondered if anymore clients coming on board because I never felt safe in the position no matter what I did. There is absolutely no internal processes BESIDES onboarding. After that, it's a whirlwind of all over the place. Feedback is direct, which is good at times. Other times, just saying "Use AI" might not be the answer.

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