Great opportunity ruined by politics, two-faced managers, and office bullies
Pros
Great opportunity to make money, excellent commission plan for sales professionals, opportunity to network with very intelligent people and travel and learn a great deal in your first year.
Cons
Like some big corporations, certain managers care only for appearances and their own career instead of helping resolve real issues on their team. I was a top performer on my sales team, and as a result, I dealt with a great deal of animosity, gossip, and almost high schoolish bullying from others on my team. People would openly not invite me to company outings, and more importantly, openly refuse to help me when I needed assistance with a task. People were not even civil to me which made my work life very tense. Comments were made about my appearance, ethnic background and unflattering posts were made about me on social media, some of which were even defamatory. I tried to take the high road but in order to keep an appearance of having a "great" team, my manager failed to even speak to my peers or take any action to discourage this sort of thing. I produced excellent numbers. However, eventually the daily hostility I faced got to me and I started breaking down emotionally. Instead of being supportive, my manager basically suggested that I was the one with issues and couldn't get along with people. People in my division of Thomson Reuters were very petty and did not want to see me succeed. I eventually broke down and out of frustration, I said some things to my manager I could not take back and was let go. So the bullies won. Yet they celebrated my defeat publicly on social media. I had grounds for a defamation suit but opted to never look back. However, I do think future job seekers should be aware of what I went through. Great culture right?
