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The Social Element

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Good on paper, not in practise - Moderator The Social Element Employee Review

1.0
21 Apr 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay for the field, work from home

Cons

It doesn't matter how bad you are at your job, the surest way to safety and promotion is to know someone in middle management. For everyone else, every morning is wondering if you still have a job, no matter how good you are, how much of your life balance you sacrifice to work the hours they give, or how much you try to participate in. Upper management is enamored with typical management buzzwords, cliches and the like, but remain completely oblivious to how toxic everything is amongst the staff and middle management - people are so terrified of losing their job or vital hours for no reason at all that it's turned into shank or be shanked. Do not rely on this employer for stability, for there is none.

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5.0
16 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

(I can only speak for the project I’m on) - Flexible hours - Quick to assist with requests for off time - Remote work - Little to no micromanaging - Can fall out for being sick as needed - Pay is about normal for entry level minimum wage jobs but the plus here is that you save on gas - You get health insurance at full time I can’t speak on how good or bad it is though.

Cons

- No PTO - Equipment not provided (I find this is 50/50 for remote jobs) - There seems to be quite a bit of competition for job postings within the company so you may or may not be sitting in one spot for some time.

4.0
30 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility, generous PTO for full-time employees, teams are generally respectful of PTO and look out for each other, camaraderie on the social team is high and people genuinely get along, which has a very positive impact on the clients as well. A lot of genuinely good people work here and care about the work and each other.

Cons

Raises and promotions move painfully slow, and pay is not accurate based on the distribution of the actual client work. Social team spends just as much time cleaning up the messes of other departments as they do actually working on their projects, but don't have anything close to the salaries of the people making the messes in the first place, and it feels like very little movement happens whenever serious concerns are raised.

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