People Ops is toxic - People Ops Block Employee Review

1.0
1 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great options for health insurance, nice perks

Cons

This was the most toxic work environment that myself and a few others have ever seen. Culture is nonexistent. Leadership is young, green, and poorly trained. Leadership also does not look out for their direct reports. Additionally, there is zero recognition when anyone does a great job. No one cares about each other. It’s political here and everyone looks out for themselves. Turnover rate is insanely high - in the past year, both my manager and my manager’s manager left. Though my manager was toxic so my coworkers and I filed our complaints to HR, but nothing was ever done to improve the situation. My coworkers and I often talked about how we would cry after our 1:1s because our manager was so mean. I found this company to be poorly organized. People Ops processes were a joke, and we often worked in confusion and without guidance. Leadership also didn’t care for the employee experience, as oftentimes I felt like I could do more for employee requests, but our process prevented me from doing so. Communication with partner teams was difficult and lacking. My advice: Stay away. Team meetings were the most boring that I’ve seen. No one wants to talk to each other. Management doesn’t care about how your weekend went or how you’re doing in life. Culture is so dead that it’s soul-sucking. Training is nearly nonexistent, and pieced together poorly. You want a leader who backs you up and helps you grow, but you won’t find that here. I felt I was only there to do work and put in my hours. I wasn’t allowed to take part in projects that I thought were interesting. It was an unfulfilling experience

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