Red flags.... - Anonymous employee The Clear Blue Employee Review

1.0
9 July 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Location in Birkdale is fun. Kind of a hike for Charlotte people but it's against the traffic. Occasional Friday afternoon beers are good. Some cool people, but they are not in management.

Cons

Very tense work environment and lack-luster portfolio. A lot of internal scapegoats and finger-pointing. Owner has erratic behavior. Has "ripped people a new one" on many occasions. The main account is 75-80% of business. There is one other account that is almost all the rest. Lots of turnover. Hard to keep good people. The creative is subpar. They haven't had a full-time senior designer in place in a year. Only a handful of actual employees. Everyone else is contract and can be unreliable. Having a ping pong table does not make a place creative. Attending a trade show overseas does not make you an international agency.

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Cons

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2.0
3 Jan 2013
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Pros

Good group of employees and contract vendors. Work together as a team and produce great results. Unfortunately, management drives fear and unnecessary stress amongst employees resulting in a hostile, awful work environment.

Cons

Management is the number one issue. Paranoid atmosphere, again because of management. Employees are treated with disrespect. If you are in the point of your career that you have children or home life needs, this place is not for you. It is looked down upon if you cannot commitment 150% of your time to management needs. No new business strategy. Failing business model. No HR department to assist employee needs. 100% turn around within a seven month period due to management.

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