Toxic Environment - Research Associate UPSIDE Foods Employee Review

Upside is its own worst enemy. The company culture has become increasingly toxic. These are some of the issues: People treated as expendable: There are several employees who have quit without another job lined up simply because the environment was bad for their health. Finger pointing: Pointing out the mistakes of others to distract people from your own mistakes is considered acceptable behavior No leadership: There are managers who have gone months without communicating with a direct report. They don't respond to messages or support the people under them. However, these managers are skilled at flattering those above them, so they get promoted themselves. No integrity: Managers will acknowledge that they have people in their group that are an issue (lying/harassment) but rather than trying to fix it, the manager simply says the problem will self select out over time. There are only a small number of people that are an issue, but after multiple surprise RIFs managers don't want to remove a problem person because they might not be able to rehire. The hours are long and there are never enough people for the job so you can't afford to be short staffed. Even when a department is told they can hire for a position, often its denied last minute with no explanation. This is common knowledge, so people are nervous to lose even a single person.