Great work environment! - Creative Content Director Aputure Employee Review

5.0
7 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One of the best things about working at Aputure is how much it feels like a family here. Everybody works as part of a team and feels empowered to bring up creative ideas and suggestions on how to improve the marketing for our products. I love the ability to perform a multitude of different tasks and learn while on the job. We have a very constructive dynamic in the workplace, and it's great that everyone is accepting of each other's diverse backgrounds and styles.

Cons

Working in a fast-paced environment brings up its own set of challenges, especially when it comes to outlining expectations. Sometimes, it feels like we're trying to do too much and that there are many external pressures that we can't control, and ultimately there's a feeling of disappointment when expectations aren't very clear. I understand the wisdom of "we'll take what we can accomplish" but I'd like there to be a clearer long-term goal that we can strive for as a company as a whole.

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5.0
29 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Management is keen on its employees. The team is great. Work-life balance exists.

Cons

No bonuses and tips. Periphery is not available.

2.0
5 July 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

casual and comfy attire is welcome, great place for people with no work life balance.

Cons

All managers and upper management are men; there are three women in this office as a whole. Women are routinely undervalued, excluded, and left without much agency. Very few paths for growth unless you can be buddies with the important folks. Harassment is not uncommon and usually perpetrated by people in management as soon as they feel comfortable with you. The VP has often expressed that HR is a hindrance to him, and especially on business trips he loves to point out when HR is not present. The racial diversity leaves much to be desired as well. Any experience or point of view from anyone who isn't a man is disregarded. The company is very understaffed leaving employees to do the jobs of multiple people with no relief in sight. Many empty promises made. Management is inept, inconsistent, and embarrassingly out of touch. So many projects are left incomplete such as any budget or really any financial planning. A project one day is completely different the next on a whim, leaving everyone to catch up to try to make things happen. Processes and structures such as goal planning and meetings are subject to change every quarter. Decisions are only made behind closed doors by men in shorts trying to see who can speak the loudest. This place is a mess that needs improvement in every conceivable way.

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