Pros
I learned how apathetic and petty people breed a toxic work culture that forsakes drive, intelligence, and talent for sycophantic behavior towards the owners.
Cons
1. The owners are stuck in the early 2000’s and have not adapted their business to fit the fast moving tech sector they think they are a part of. 2. Micromanaging is how the the owners and HR fill their days. If they spent half the time they spent looking over your shoulder and forcing outdated methods that create more work down their employees throat they wouldve MAYBE broken out of the start up phase they have been in for 20 years. 3. People are reprimanded for attempting to grow professionally through training during their down time. This seemed to be a rule that only applied to people who did not lick HR/the owners boots which I will go into detail in the next point. 4. The brown nosing at this company is different level. There were higher ranking people who would do anything and everything to be in the good graces of the owners (which is a problem in it of itself that the owners need their egos coddled by their employees). I was taught by fellow co workers that every single interaction or communication with these individuals needed to be documented otherwise you will be left open to manipulation and dishonesty to make themselves look good. It all makes it even more pathetic when you take into account that they are playing this petty and dishonest game for the empty prize of being the owners favorite pet. 5. Support gets screwed over on a daily basis for a multitude of reasons. A) the sites are crap and will break if you looked at it funny. B) the sales team make cleverly worded promises to potential clients to get them to sign up only to have them call support, upset, that the site isnt working as described. C) they are severely understaffed and every request to get replacements for people that quit or are promoted (promotions given on the fly because they couldn’t find replacements for people upstairs who quit) is met with indifference and a reminder that they should work harder and complain less. 6. HR is a joke. All she does is waste her day making irreverent, gruelingly painful small talk and plan office parties that the owners pass off as a perk/compensation. HR also has the accountants lurk around the corners and spy on people to see if they are actually working. After 6 months at the company I had my evaluation where they seemed perfectly happy with my performance and attitude. During the evaluation I made it clear that I wanted to discuss a raise due to my performance and added responsibilities. The mood instantly shifted and turned cold and I was told I would need to talk to the owners. The word beg doesn’t quite cover what I had to do to meet with one of the owners a full month after that meeting. When the meeting finally came they had built a case around the most nonsensical infractions that had nothing to do with the fact that I had taken on more work and responsibility. After defending every claim they simply shut down in frustration and ended the meeting with the head of HR (after the owners had left the meeting) telling me that I, along with a lot of other employees, were entitled and that we should feel lucky that we get paid more than minimum wage which is all the law requires the company to pay. Overall this company could literally be a case study of how not to manage a business and treat its employees. It is rotten from the inside out and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that it’s a sinking ship. It has been such a blessing leaving the company and my life has gotten exponentially better since. I urge you to not look for employment here. If you’re a current employee and reading this you already know how true my review is and I hope you have the ambition and self esteem to leave a failing company that doesn’t value you.
