Pros
Some of the office dogs.
Cons
I'm shocked at the poor attempts to undermine the real sentiment of frustration at how we have been conducting ourselves. There's a five star review that has stated, "Wtf! Own your situation and get another job! Sure Beam isn’t perfect - it’s called a startup." It's just poor to hide behind the concept of a startup to justify it's poor practices and mistreatment of people. Beam has 130+ people and has been operating for 7 years. We aren't a startup, we are wolves in sheep's clothing profiting as much as we can from our good branding and external image. Beam is rancid in its culture around understanding and nurturing diverse talent. To just tell individuals experiencing mistreatment to 'own the situation' instead of addressing Beams continued systemic issues in the middle of a potential recession with the job market being very difficult, in the middle of a cost of living crisis where people are just trying to to get by just reeks of stinking privilege. One of our most celebrated colleagues was unfairly dismissed recently. He always hit his targets and was amongst the best of us, he also energised us all with his wonderful energy and upskilled and shared his wisdom with many of us through knowledge sharing sessions which helped us in helping disadvantaged people into work, which is widely acknowledged. He was also a Beam member some years ago. He was homeless and has faced countless challenges he has overcome with determination and resilience. He was unfairly dismissed due to personal reasons from senior leadership. They did not factor his consistent high level performance or how much of a cultural asset he was. His tenancy ended at the same time he was unfairly dismissed. His family home is still filled with the same challenges that left him homeless. He doesn't have an address to return to. He no longer has a place to call home despite how amazing he was in a tech social impact tackling homelessness. We've made a Beam member that became the most celebrated and loved Beam team member homeless. The reason the CEO stated to him was that he is 'so amazing that he will achieve great things but just not here at Beam'. This privately educated, privileged and extremely wealthy and well connected CEO kept comparing himself to this colleague that's grown up in a single parent family on benefits that has experienced many forms of coercive control and disadvantages that led him to using our service. He said he knows exactly how this colleague feels, that he has been there before. He compared no longer being a CEO at JustPark to this employee being dismissed without a justified reason during a sustained period of high performance whilst they still hire others in his position. He's homeless because of your personal grudge despite never seeing his work up close and despite everyone around him telling you how great an asset he has been for Beam and for our members. Just to remind you, he's homeless again. He didn't deserve what happened to him here. The senior leadership team didn't treat him with the respect he deserved. A Beam Member that this colleague supported once said, "Beam would surely lose its shine if you were to lose him." It's a shame we know that reality now. How can you guys live with yourselves? This is more than a few disgruntled employees or people that no longer work at Beam. Don't let them fool you into a dumbed down narrative of people that are just throwing their toys out of the pram. The very mission we say we want to solve has not been considered for people we hired that came from a background of experience of homelessness. We threw them out with complete disregard. I still work here and I don't talk publicly about how angry and heartbroken I am but because a culture of fear overrides our toxic positive culture. The majority of us aren't happy, we just aren't stupid enough to share our real feelings with evil and callous leadership. I also need to pay rent and support myself. When I find another job, I promise you I'll be out the door.