Learning opportunities come with low pay - Strategy Stein IAS Employee Review

people, people, people. Especially SF office

lots of rushing. Lacks communication in times of craziness. A US v Europe mentality

Benefits are standard, but no meaningful positives.

Top-heavy, unstable, chaotic, and chronically unstructured. Easily the worst place I've ever worked. If you're eager to work at a company where burnout is the baseline, support is nonexistent, and you can be dropped in seconds without warning, this is the perfect place. Employee confidence, morale, and comradery sit at rock bottom. Priorities shift daily, expectations constantly move out of reach, and resources never follow. The reward for having zero work-life balance is simply.. more work. Guidance from leadership is practically zero while pressure is constant. Processes are non-existent or change day-to-day. There's no onboarding, constructive communication, and there's even less feedback. The odds are set against you from day one. People are left to fend for themselves, then blamed or gossiped about or judged when inevitable gaps appear and they "failed" to read the minds of management. Everyone operates in survival mode, bracing for the next fire drill and working long hours. Turnover is also relentless and sky high, an ever-churning revolving door. People disappear or are laid off with little to no explanation, hired and gone within 3-6 months, only for the same roles to be reposted and publicly advertised as "exciting growth and momentum" alongside some random, vague agency awards they somehow keep winning. And this burdens already squeezed teams. It's clear there is a lack of planning across operations and leadership because this is an outright insane pattern that does nothing but harm your internal structure and culture.