Hectic and confusing - Anonymous employee ShowMgr.com Employee Review

2.0
29 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Comfortable office with new and clean supplies, computers, etc. The employees are very warm and accommodating of you.

Cons

Management seems to have no idea what they want. From day one, you are thrown into the meat grinder. The only sort of training is a series of long videos of meetings on how the program functions and what you can do with it. The executives give out new titles,which are virtually meaningless, along with more responsibilities with incredible expectations that when not met, are punished. This is the primary reason some of the more senior employees have only been there for about a year. Some people filter in an out so quickly there is barely a dent in their seat. The primary issue is the lack of HR. The employee manual advises that when no HR representative is available, most of the past few years, you should feel free and comfortable to speak to the executives about any problem you may have with anything. When attempting to exercise this, you are likely to be told to speak to someone else or your attempt may be lost in the vortex of emails and instant messaging. Because of this, there is a feeling that you have little to no job safety. Nepotism plays a large role here, most of any place i have ever worked. The CEO's seemingly clueless wife appears and takes charge of projects she doesn't belong in. His family runs amok around the office, some employed, some just appear. Overall there is a constant feeling that you have not given enough to the company despite how much each person gives.

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5.0
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Pros

Great environment to learn and grow my skills

Cons

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1.0
6 May 2018
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Pros

Great co-workers. Somehow the company is able to recruit the best employees. So it's such a shame that the company is so toxic. This could be a great company if management wasn't crazy.

Cons

This is the worst work environment/job culture. Don't be fooled by the salary and fancy title - it's not worth it. When the CEO and/or upper management is in a bad mood they will blame everything on you. There is absolutely no structure and it's basically whatever the CEO and/or upper management want for that minute. For example, in our daily standup meeting the CEO will say he wants us to do ABC. We will suggest to do XYZ instead because it aligns better with the client's objective. But he will insist we do ABC because it's better for him. We will work on ABC throughout the day, then at 3PM he will call to say you're doing everything wrong and you need to get XYZ done before the end of the day. This happens regularly with everyone. They also treat their clients horribly and cut corners whenever they can get away with it. They will blame their clients for impeding projects to cover up their own disorganization. The CEO is especially belittling to the female clients (but that's not new in entertainment #metoo). No matter how desperate you are for a job, this is not worth it! Maybe you can take the job for a couple weeks while you still look for something else, but then you also run the risk of not getting your paycheck.

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