Dont let the bells and whistles fool you - Business Development ISGF Employee Review

Let me start off by saying I'm not a disgruntled employee who got fired and carries any sort of resentment. I left on my own merit. However, I can not in good conscious allow this company to carry this false reputation of being such a great organization. Don't let the bells and whistles fool you. I understand company's have their good and bad days but I know I speak for about 90% of the employees who are currently there when I mention the following. Work Hours.. They are 7:45am- 6:30pm but lets be serious, if you leave the office before 7:30 at night you'll be sure to know about it by the CEO. He'll either make a passive aggressive comment about it or flat out just call you out on it, depending on his mood. To work those hours 5 days a week every week is so erroneous its not even funny. His take on it is no successful recruiter can make money (also make him money) without working those hours. Give me a break, I've witnessed many top billers be successful working 8-5 with the occasional overtime. To expect your employees to be fully locked in and not "brain fried" by 7pm everyday is just flat out asinine. Sick days.. At ISGF those are frowned upon. To call in sick the day of is a mortal sin in that office. The CEO has literally made the comment in team meetings "Oh just because you have a little sniffle you cant work?" downplaying the fact that people really are very ill and can't come to work. I was one of those people who was scared to call in sick so I came to work on my deathbed and not only did I get my co workers sick, the CEO made me feel like I was a leper every time I'd walk by him coughing. So its frowned upon to call in sick but when you come in sick the CEO will also make you feel dumb for being there. Work/Life balance.. You wont find that here. An HR Representative who was once employed there had every member of the company come in her office one-on -one in a "closed door" meeting to discuss things that could improve their work experience in the office, across the board everyone asked for work/life balance. The result? An all hands meeting where the CEO went on a tangent about successful people don't need work/life balance so you shouldn't either. Lovely. Lastly, I'll leave with this, recently an employee was coming into work and her key card did not work, the VP opened the door and led her to the conference room, to her surprise she was being let go, She was so confused and rightfully so, she was never given any sort of warning or anything documented of her having an issues prior to this moment, lost and confused to what was going on she asked to speak with the CEO who made the decision to let her go (the VP who does all of the CEO's grunt work and really to be honest is all he's there for because he provides no other value to the company) simply told her the CEO will be happy to write her a LOA but doesn't have time to speak with her on the matter. After over a year of service where this individual brought in a significant amount of business for this company was let go at the drop of a dime with no warning or really no logical explanation, she later texted the CEO to get some answers but of course he couldn't be bothered to respond to someone who worked her tail off for him. Dont let the CEO title be misleading either, this is a small boutique staffing firm with about 20 people where the CEO sits directly in the bullpen with everyone else so he's always accessible, he simply decided to not respond. That should tell you the character he possesses. At this point the company has gone through so many changes in a short time, they're clearly struggling to find their identity, roles are being changed, divisions constantly being re arranged and I assure you its only the beginning. I just want to raise awareness in this public forum to not be fooled by the pretty aesthetics of the office and the cool website. The CEO will reply to this with a very PC response but if you ask any current employee off record how accurate my review is and I'll bet the house they concur.