I was recruited by a third-party recruitment firm during the Nexeo Solutions days who promoted the company as a similar work environment as the industry giants of the world - Apple, Yahoo, ExxonMobil, etc. I was told Nexeo is a "work hard, play hard" company; "as long as you get your work done, they aren't a punch-the-clock type of company". This was the exact opposite of what working at Nexeo was like. I was skeptical of all the negative reviews about the company, but later found out that they are entirely accurate. The position I held at Nexeo was something more suited for a college intern, not someone with a Graduate degree and 4 years of industry experience. It was designed to be a desk jockey and sift through lines and lines of data on excel and create PowerPoints for my manager.
My "Manager" lacked basic leadership skills such as: relating to employees, being able to coach/guide you through problems, and being able to give truthful feedback. It was clearly her first time managing an employee which was a bit upsetting as I was her trial run after uprooting myself from a successful position in a previous company. She was allowed to take 2 hour lunches while it was expected of me to stay drilled to my desk 8-5. My "on-boarding" consisted of sitting in her office for multiple 4 hour PowerPoint presentations which seemed extremely elementary given that I had come from a fast-paced work environment at a previous company. Her and her manager were entirely too rigid and micromanaged basic tasks.
One morning, I expressed my dissatisfaction with how things were going. She replied that she " didn't know what to do" about it (great leadership) and she would have to get with her manager to figure things out. Two days later we all sat in a meeting where we discussed everything. I was hoping we could come to some kind of middle ground, but I was forced to quit or be fired. Her exact words were "I'm sure you want this to look like a resignation". She spoke about all the issues that she had with me (despite the near-perfect marks I had on my quarterly employee review) - hence the lack of transparency.
In summary: extremely rigid work culture, very much a "get in line and wait your turn" place to work, not open to new ideas, lack fundamental leadership skills, and very much a hire and fire company. The attrition rate is sky high for a reason.
