terrible physical work environment - don't believe the beautiful 8th floor work environment. this is where Tory, design, PR, and her creative team sit. The bulk of the team sits in the other floors working on wobbly plastic desks from ikea that are falling apart. absolutely no windows so air is stale. When one employee gets sick, everyone gets sick. The office temperature is also immensely screwed up and thus it is constantly too cold to concentrate on work.
employees are consistently underpaid - market rate is consistently lower than average in senior associate and below levels, but team members are required to perform above and beyond these levels. Keeps saying it is a budget issue but then we see senior management going on lavish offsites way too often, expensive flowers changed daily in the lobbies, unnecessarily pricey caterers hired every day during market.
unfair promotions - HR rejects managers' proposals for deserving assistants/associates to be promoted on a merit basis, but then we see many employees being granted promotions way too soon and without merit, and often skipping levels based on favoritism. As a result the company is full of poor managers and directors that are not in fact ready to lead teams.
poor work/life balance - consistently work until wee hours of the nights and also required to work overtime on weekends. accumulate so many comp days that do not roll over or compensated if not taken, and with this work schedule one is unable to use up these comp days, nevermind paid vacation days.
