StormWind Studios reviews

Thank you for taking the time to provide us your feedback. I really do appreciate your candor. There’s a simple doctrine I once read, "Outside of a person’s love, the most sacred thing that they can give is labor." And somehow or another along the way, as an employer we may tend to forget that. And I believe labor indeed is a very precious thing that you can offer someone. Any time that you can combine labor with love, you’ve made a merger. So it looks like, in your eyes, we came up short of that ideal. While I am disappointed that you obviously had a bad experience in your very short time working with us, allow me to at least attempt to make some amends for your struggles here at StormWind. Based off of the tone, language, as well as the catalogue of "cons" you listed to express your grievances, I want to offer some words and insight to you as both a rebuttal, a learning lesson, and (hopefully) some closure as you pursue your next new adventure. I am going to make a broad statement backed up merely from my many years creating companies, hiring and coaching many hundreds of good people, and most importantly, screwing up more times than I can count. From my experience, it is impossible to be both unhappy and grateful at the same time. For you, I would gather that happiness is a terribly elusive creature these days. Lack of gratitude is possibly the main culprit. You certainly wouldn’t be alone in these challenging times. At StormWind, we obviously want all of our folks to be both happy and fulfilled in what they do. After all, we get to change lives everyday with offering the kind of education technology experience unparalleled in our industry. I’m glad you, too, see our product as key. We also get to work in North Scottsdale in one of the best natural desert corridors in the state. We get paid a great wage, no-limit commission, and a beefy benefit plan to reward and inspire us to do great things with our efforts. We also get to saddle up in an environment where your ideas and candor can be freely expressed. Every one of the team members at StormWind needs to cross through a door where they stop feeling/acting/thinking like an employee and start feeling/acting/thinking like a entrepreneur and business owner. Perhaps it is here where we had the disconnect. Did you not come to the any one of the multiple leaders in the company in any one of the different departments to communicate your feelings or dissatisfaction? If not, how come? It is a key of any successful person to relentlessly pursue the quality of life that you envision. Did you not have a vision of what that life for yourself looks like? In lieu of having it for yourself, others will provide it for you. You may not like their vision which is frankly all the more reason to define it yourself before others have a chance. I know it is easier to cast stones and make wild statements about what an employer could have done, should have done, didn’t do, etc. but why not take now, at this obvious career crossroads, to change your thinking, attitude, and approach? I clearly missed that opportunity with you. My advice is not to miss that with your next employer. One of my new favorite books is Ego is the Enemy. In it, the author writes, "Work is finding yourself alone at the track when the weather kept everyone else indoors. Work is pushing through the pain of crappy first drafts and prototypes. It is ignoring whatever plaudits everyone else is getting and more importantly, ignoring whatever plaudits you may be getting. Works doesn’t want to be good. It is made so, despite the headwind.” In other words, "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” I’ll certainly take responsibility for not fulfilling our part of the love connection. The question is, will you take responsibility for your part? If not, my experience in mentoring others is that you are in for many, many other employer heartbreaks along the way unless you change your mindset. My hunch is that we also were not the first place you hung your hat that disappointed you. My humble suggestion said yet another way is, "Be more water than rock.” It’s said you know a workman by the chips they leave. What kind of “chips” have you left along the floor of your career thus far? What can you do to get back on track to live the kind of profession you once dreamed of? You master this and, trust me, you’ll be happier and a much more valuable person to all around you in so many ways. As for taking yet another drive-by hit on our faith in your comments, one of my spiritual mentors once taught me, "If Jesus can use a donkey to enter Jerusalem, he certainly can use the likes of me and you.” And lastly, I do think you met your quota for using the word "scumbag" in any one review at one time. Three is a lot, right? Perhaps a Thesaurus would be a good investment at your future employer as you discern your true career path. Truly best success to you on your journey!