RUN - Anonymous employee CareerBuilder Employee Review

1.0
31 May 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

N/A CB used to have great work environment, employees, managers, career pathing, bonuses, trips for top performers, team outings. All of that is gone. The great employees that used to fill the halls of CB are all but gone. The handful of quality employees are actively searching for jobs elsewhere. It would be one thing if the pay was great but unfortunately that has always been mediocre. You would think a company that has access to all of this salary data would at least pay market average.

Cons

The COO is a tyrant trying to make a name for herself. The CIO is in way over his head. In multiple team meetings he has said, "a bachelor’s degree only tells me that you can read and write. It’s shocking that you all were able to get jobs here." They fired 120 people when Apollo took over, which is actually completely fine because that’s business. But when you follow it up with completely changing the culture, not giving yearly merit increases, taking away the trip to Mexico for top performers, taking away quarterly team outings; well that's when this place becomes unbearable. 100+ employees have since quit and more walk out on a daily basis. This used to be a company full of amazing people. Since Apollo took over, 90% of those employees have left for better opportunities. The 10% that remain are looking for other jobs at their desks (on LinkedIn or Indeed). They finally gave out promotions and raises on April 1st, 2018 after 2 full years without either and sadly raises averaged 1.5% and promotions averaged 4-5% increases. Honestly, everything that made CareerBuilder great is gone. Like the title says, don’t walk away from a CareerBuilder opportunity, RUN.

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