Not a great place to work - Anonymous employee Future Employee Review

2.0
31 Jan 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some really smart, kind, fun people working here. There's a lot of younger employees, who help make the work atmosphere more fun and lively. The benefits are okay. The unlimited PTO is especially nice. There's always a lot of changes happening, so it's never boring and it does keep you on your toes.

Cons

With the amount of change going on, the work level is often chaotic and your work life balance will start to disappear. Medical and dental insurance is really expensive. While the unlimited vacation time is nice, the amount of time you take off is micromanaged by managers. If management doesn't like you, there's very little opportunity for upward mobility. The executive level management made a big show of supporting BIPOC last summer and asked employees for suggestions on how to address diversity and equity issues. Employees submitted a lot of great suggestions, and the company has acted on very few, if any, of those suggestions. There's also not a lot of diversity amongst the employees, and I have not heard of any efforts that are being made to address that issue. I have overheard multiple instances of body shaming and fat phobic conversations in the office. If those types of conversations would be triggering for you, I would certainly advise against working here.

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Future Response
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Thank you for taking some time out to provide your feedback and thoughts about working at Future. You are right that Future people are pretty great! Change is probably one of only constants here at Future - As the media world transforms it's so important we stay ahead of the curve and we pride ourselves on being agile, responding to the market at rapid pace. This does mean it can get pretty hectic at times - it's why we have our unlimited PTO to make sure you take time to recharge when you need. We're really committed to investing in our people and ensuring that you have everything you need to keep being fantastic. But we aren't always great at communicating all the good stuff we have been doing. We're actively looking to move the dial on diversity - did you know we set up an Inclusion & Diversity forum and have a number of active affinity groups- it sounds like you want to be more active, so why not take a look on Slack to find out more about how you can get involved. And whilst we don't have a HR representative in each of our offices, our People & Culture team are open and approachable so don't hesitate to drop them a line if you need something.

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