Run. Don't walk. Run! - Marketing Manager The KPI Institute Employee Review

I've had a terrible experience working for them. If you're reading this please stay away - for the sake of your dignity, professional integrity and sanity. First of all, the pay is low. Insultingly low. Barely above unskilled labour. It was a slap in the face for a position with significant responsibilities, expected outcomes, and workload. They also pulled a really unprofessional move on me by making me an offer, then saying they'll send it tomorrow, only to call the next day and say they can only afford to pay 10% less. I've confirmed that this has happened with at least one other person in my team. As a Marketing Manager, I was expected to do everything, and I mean everything - social media, product marketing, content marketing, e-mail marketing, SEO, PCC, events, PR - you name it, it's on your list. An entire team would generally carry out this level of workload/range of tasks. Instead, all of their Marketing Managers are expected to handle everything alone, and you're expected to produce results, all while operating in a toxic disorganised and chaotic environment. Then, there's the bureaucracy and procedures. Endless, bloated, time-consuming, pointless. I spent more than 50% of my time with my head buried in spreadsheets, rounds after rounds of pointless feedback, and other inane procedures - instead of actually doing my job. The bureaucracy is real, everyone must do it, and it slows everything down to a halt. If you don't adhere to the bureaucracy to a t, you'll have managers blow up, have a go at you, or straight up just throw temper tantrums like children. This behaviour is often directed at newcomers, who are just getting their heads wrapped around some stuff and may make mistakes. Micromanagement is another gigantic problem at this company. They were deeply, deeply distrustful of everyone. As such, they tracked every minute of every day (I'm being serious, they really do this, down to the minute), I had to document and write down everything I did, and had to have everything approved by a manager. In this company you are also treated like a number. A body that's used for output, and nothing else. Don't expect to have any professional freedom, the ability to voice your professional opinion, be creative, or make a suggestion. None of this exists here. You are a body, you must output exactly what is required of you, or else you're out. You will be treated like an expendable body because at KPI Institute - that's what you truly are. During my time here I was subjected to yelling, guilt-tripping, being talked down to, severely disrespected, and other forms of completely unprofessional behaviour. When I called them out on it, I was gaslighted - told that I'm blowing things out of proportion, that I'm misinterpreting, that it wasn't really like that, they didn't see/hear it happen that way, that if anything from their perspective I'm the problem etc. Ridiculous, just ridiculous. Generally, management is really poor at this company, They resort to all that I've written above because that's all they know. They wouldn't know real management if it hit them in the face. Of course, the fish rots from the head, but loads of people have spoken about the CEO, so I won't go over it again. I'll just say that their CEO, Aurel Brudan, is a deeply troubled, clearly mentally ill person. It would take years of work and a dedicated team of professionals to get that person to behave even close to what is generally regarded as somewhat adjusted person in society. To wrap it up, please, please stay away from these people. Trust me, and trust the other reviewers here. I wish I did.