Toxic Egocentric Leadership Creates Handicaps for Growth
Pros
Remote work - but this is truly a con. Even if on rare occasion there is an in person event you will sit in a room on Zoom and overkill on meetings to make up for being remote.
Cons
Blue Wheel creates a facade for the public but truly at the heart of it doesn't care about their clients, employees or partners. I witnessed employees being treated less than a number and referral partners being screwed over for BW's gain. Their recent merge with Retail Bloom is the blind leading the blind & while BW remains the name of the company it's all for show that feeds into Eitan's need for praise and accomplishment along with the rest of leadership. Behind the scenes RB is slowly taking over and calling the shots. Leadership micromanages to a degree of destroying employee confidence & controlling even minor tasks but will bait & switch you when something falls on them. You're not empowered to grow or do your job- you're treated as an administrative assistant to your department head. Unqualified leadership who don't have a background in managing sales teams or even being a salesperson theirself anywhere else will take your ideas and pretend they were theirs. A cult-like leader clique creates a bubble for promotion and everyone else is secondary. You quickly learn not to bother having an opinion because if it's not aligned with theirs you'll be insulted and berated. You'll be tested, given no support then blamed for when you don't succeed while management is given more tools and resources. I've never worked anywhere as toxic as this agency who pretends to be different than the rest and want whats best for their clients when in reality they just want their money and will literally MAKE UP a service, sell it and then "figure it out" later. Lack of organization, accountability or any structure that stands longer than 1 week before changed again. They'll blame you for "not being open to change" but this allows them to change procedures weekly even daily and noone is accountable. Clients dont stay and are always to blame.- never BW. They'll dangle carrots of promotion but don't fall for it unless you're part of the original clique. I've never experienced a manager who was given the title just to do the dirty work for their VP but here at BW it's commonplace. Outside of the clique supporting managers are just glamour titles that hold no decision power and are kept in the dark from making any true change. Leadership gatekeeps everything and employees aren't trusted to do their job even with years of experience.