Micromanagement and microaggressions - Anonymous employee StudioBinder Employee Review

1.0
Sep 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The air-conditioning is so cold you need a sweater

Cons

This is a sneaky office where they keep your passwords, read your emails, and are afraid of face-to-face confrontation. The culture is caustic. Constant anger outbursts and lots of negative feedback. There's no trust in you and no reason to trust them. When someone leaves or is fired they are constantly talked about and given a smear campaign. The CEO even wrote a violent and actually offensive "short script" as a joke about one of the former tech employees. The place is prone to bullying and intimidation. I would not be surprised if there were not lawsuits in the works.

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StudioBinder Response
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I’m sorry you feel that way. It’s quite normal for a company to provide company emails and accounts, otherwise you’d be using your personal accounts at work. We do not read emails and private messages. That’s silly. When an employee is no longer with us, we do have to touch on it. These days it's a neutral 2-sentence statement, and everyone move on. If you find that there is no trust in your work product, perhaps you should question the work itself? You may find that there may be some room for improvement. We have a very open and collaborative environment at StudioBinder, which means there is a casual air about how colleagues at the office engage. I could see how a new hire may feel left out. Will work on that. Management is always careful not to offend anyone, and we do our best to keep a professional tone at all times. Bullying is never acceptable. - Updated 4/8/20

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