Essentia

Innovative Company with a Bright Future - Project Manager Essentia Employee Review

5.0

21 July 2023

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Pros

Essentia is a tight-knit organization that fosters growth and rewards success. In a few short years I have been afforded more opportunities and been more professionally fulfilled than with any other company or at any time in my career. There is a strong and steady stream of work in the pipeline with many new clients gained and projects awarded in the last year. Being a 100% remote company means that Essentia has no geographical limits to its hiring pool. They can and do seek out top talent nationwide. Every team-member I have had the opportunity to collaborate with has been dedicated, knowledgeable and willing to go the extra mile. Essentia is Great Place to Work certified for 3 years running and the efforts to achieve that are felt throughout the organization. The company's 4 core values of Innovation, Collaboration, Impact and Judgment are always at the forefront and on constant display from upper management down to the trenches.

Cons

Being a 100% remote company also means that team cohesion can often be challenging and there are less opportunities to forge the types of personal connections that can only be made face-to-face. Upper management seek to hire only those individuals who regularly give 110% or more. That hiring ethic tends to bring together highly talented people, but the burnout factor can be high and more efforts could be made to retain people long term. The company has gone through a lot of rapid growth in the last couple years and with that there have been a fair share of growing pains and a few stumbles along the way. That said, each stumble has been treated as a valuable lesson and corrective actions taken where needed.

Essentia Response

Thank you for the feedback! For all the benefits of having a virtual workforce, there are certainly challenges. We continue to seek out novel ways to bridge the distance and ensure that collaboration and camaraderie are strengths for Essentia. The same with work-life balance; it's imperative that our team members feel that they're able to unwind and unplug. Thanks again for the constructive criticism — we'll certainly circulate and discuss.

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