One star ratings are usually left by disgruntled former employees. But in the case of Fulcrum, I strongly advise you to reconsider. Their hiring practice is to hire someone, tell them they have a job, and then use the first day on the job as the final part of the interview process. If they don't like you for whatever reason (the most common excuse was "not the right fit") they'd fire you, day one. Since Washington's an at will state, they don't see a problem with this. During my time at Fulcrum, I saw more than 30 people come and go like this. If for some reason you do decide to seek employment here, I urge you to not quit your old job until at least a day after you start here.
The company culture is not healthy. The managers of different departments fight with each other over simple disagreements, in front of employees. Projects are not budgeted time for planning (we just have to get something out right now), so deliverables to clients suffer in terms of quality and cost. Many times, someone would be assigned to a task, only for management to realize weeks later that the task had no value since the new plan would invalidate it. This was a regular occurrence systemic of the company culture to just get something out the door and deal with the consequences later.
People are not treated with respect or understanding. When projects change, if someone needs simple training for a new task, they'd rather fire them and get someone new (we're too busy to stop and teach them, they're just not the right fit for us anymore). If someone is severely sick for a few days, they're let go (not the right fit). Turnover rate is high. I don't want to give the indication that everyone there is mean and incompetent - there are some very friendly and knowledgeable people (shout out to Carlos, one of the most senior employees there). Unfortunately, they do not dictate company culture. Most good people end up leaving - it's a high stress, low reward environment.
If you feel this is just the angry rambling of a disgruntled former employee, ask them in the interview process what the owner's plan is for the company in the next few years. See if as a new employee you'll be a part of that.
