Where do I even begin? The fact that this company has consistently won the Best Place to Work award has me convinced Kara is giving favors to someone to get it. The perks of this company will seem too good to be true when you first start and trust me, they are. If you are a competent, hard working and committed career professional, this is NOT the place for you. Middle and upper management have no idea what they’re doing. Most of them have been with the company from the start and have been promoted to their higher level positions. They do not possess basic managerial and technical skills so they better hope they never get canned from QH because they’re essentially unemployable elsewhere. Most of them do not have college degrees and it’s apparent as soon as they open their mouths. If you do have a degree, don’t ever consider “challenging” your manager because the second they realize you are more intelligent than they are, they will go on the defensive in fear that you’ll take their job. You will be spoken to in a condescending manner daily and quite frankly there is nothing you can do about it. Other than quit the company and work somewhere more respectable.
Do you care about promotional opportunities? Great, don’t work here unless you plan on sleeping with your boss to get your big promotion accompanied by the smallest raise you’ve ever seen. Or, if you want to get promoted, make sure you have a spouse/parent/sibling working here because nepotism runs rampant in this company! If you don’t have a relative working at QH, good luck moving up the ranks.
Have a complaint you’d like to be addressed? Don’t share it with your manager because you’ll be black balled and never taken seriously again. Unethical behavior runs this company and if you’re the brave soul who brings it to anyone’s attention, guess what - you’ll either be harassed for bringing it up or retaliated against in some shape or fashion. HR is also a revolving door which is a scary sign at any company. You either drink the koolaid at QH and pretend all is well or get out as soon as you can before the cult like environment damages you.
