When family is more important than your business - Anonymous employee Origami Owl Employee Review

1.0
24 July 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The majority of non management employees are great to work with.

Cons

To start with, the blatant nepotism is going to be the downfall of this company. They recently went through their second reorganization of staff, during this time the founders decided to bring back family members that worked for the founders husband at a failing video game company. Bringing these people in is a sign that the top management is still not ready to run a business. Neither person has the academic background nor experience to be in roles they are in. For the people in the field that may read this, the mission statement is just a platitude on the wall. When employees in the corporate office start to pursue their dreams, the management displays that it's just a platitude and that they do not actually support people following their dreams. Finally, there are several people there that are backstabbing and make it impossible to actually focus on your job without having to worry about how those people will try to use any mistake to further their personal agenda despite being completely incapable of doing their job. This even involves one management employee telling an employee, who complained about bigoted and racist remarks made by his supervisor, that it's a family tun company and the employee should have just spoke up to his supervisor making the racist remarks.

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5.0
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Pros

Set own hours. Work when you want.

Cons

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1.0
16 July 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

HR is awesome. They are professional and caring, despite what is going on around them.

Cons

Where to even start.... There was a recent reorg in early July, where many people were laid off, all under the guise of a change in direction of how the company was being run. They laid off the only VP who understood the direct sales market and technology, and replaced him with family who, if you look at their profiles, have only worked at family owned businesses and have no real experience in leading a team or driving technology initiatives. This became evident when there was no meeting or communications within the group to provide insight into what was happening around us. There is no cooperation or support between departments either. The VPs and people other leadership positions who remain have displayed unprofessional behavior that includes bullying, offensive and racist language, and unwillingness to work together. This behavior sets the example for the people under their watch. This makes it nearly impossible to do a good job when all you are really thinking about is how to either avoid these people or figure out what their next undermining move is going to be.

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