Mission lost to favoritism and burnout - Annonym Progyny Employee Review

1.0
10 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The company’s mission to expand access to fertility treatment is truly inspiring and meaningful. Many employees are compassionate, intelligent, and genuinely care about helping others.

Cons

Unfortunately, the internal culture no longer reflects the company’s mission of inclusion and support. Advancement opportunities often depend on personal connections with leadership rather than performance. Employees from underrepresented backgrounds or those with family responsibilities face limited growth. Work-life balance is nearly impossible — 70–80 hour weeks are common, and doing your job well isn’t enough unless you’re covering the work of multiple people. Men tend to receive more promotions and new titles, even in unclear roles, while women — especially mothers — are frequently overlooked. Performance reviews are inconsistent and biased. Those who are close to leadership or part of the inner circle often receive inflated ratings, while others who meet or exceed expectations receive only average reviews, limiting their chances for advancement. Overall, favoritism and nepotism have replaced fairness and transparency. Many employees who once loved the mission now feel disengaged and unrecognized.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- some of middle managers are good but are unfortunately stuck constantly cleaning up the executive teams mess

Cons

- chief of staff more like glorified CEO brown noser - head of product has no idea what’s going on - ultimately the biggest problem here though is there are no consequences: incompetent work doesnt get challenged, competent work doesn’t get rewarded. A select group of favorites can do whatever they want. Even the president who made the most inept judgement calls and had poor management got away with a $20 million golden parachute. Nothing matters unless you are best friends with the CEO. Deliver exceptional work? You’ll get a big THANK YOU! But don’t except a bonus, promotion or salary bump. They really don’t care.

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