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Aspect Ratio Inc. Reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

Lisa Feldman and Nati Braunstein

59% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Aspect Ratio Inc. has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aspect Ratio Inc. employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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20 reviews
1.0
2 Aug 2023

Discriminatory, Fake Values, and Poor Business Practice

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The lower level employees are amazing and are the only reason I stayed for as long as I did.

Cons

I wasn't going to write this, but after working at a new company, I am now painfully aware of how awful my experience was at Aspect. During my 1.5 years at this company I was overworked, underpaid, and discriminated against. Leadership at this company is terrible; I had my job threatened by a President and dealt with passive aggressive/off-handed racist remarks from the Director of Culture. Management will invest time and resources into building company values purely so they can check a box. These values are only for low level employees to feel heard, but they do not apply to upper management. As an employee, if you try to act on these values and hold the people in charge accountable, they will put you on a "problematic employee" list and will do everything they can to get you to quit so they don't have to fire you. When I tried to be brave, speak up, and get some guidance, I was berated and made to feel insignificant by one of the Presidents. Management does not know how to run a company, and their incompetence is evident when they ask employees for advice during company wide meetings. They will spend company money on week long events that take place during work hours and take people away from their jobs. Then the following week lay off 10% of the workforce and cut salaries due to "not making enough money". With the money they have left, they will pay for the Director of Operations (who lives in a different state) to fly in, stay at a hotel and fire people; this will be the only time you will hear from the person supposedly in charge of overseeing several departments. Being at this company felt like being on a sinking ship where management is standing on the heads of everyone else to keep themselves afloat. Work/life balance is nonexistent, promotions are a carrot at the end of a stick you'll never reach and leadership is directly responsible for jeopardizing the mental health of their employees.

2.0
9 Nov 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work on interesting projects, sometimes get to work outside your pigeon hole (if they suddenly find themselves flummoxed, and need a new idea.)

Cons

The most toxic place I ever worked - based on the insanity of the key partner. Once, the receptionist brought a gun to work - and the lead partner took it & fired it at an assistant - before even checking to see if it was loaded. The partners also played good cop-bad cop re the staff. Very cliquey from then on down. Regular staff also bullied other staff.

1.0
6 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay can be good, lunch provided often, frequent company wide meetings, free parking in company lot, close to restaurants

Cons

You can be made to feel like you are inconveniencing the management for taking vacation, they will often play things safe so there can be little creative freedom (this mirrors other comments about a lack of innovation), bad direction (to quote, "make it cool, but hot"). My experience was unfriendly, disingenuous & bad tempered management. I've heard many P.A.s say it is difficult to move up in the company. It happens, but was pretty rare.

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