It's not a bad club, but don't fool yourself into thinking you're a member - Recruiter Velocity Resource Group Employee Review

I have never responded to any review good or bad... but this is just too hard for me to read without comment. This is a very disappointing post for me to read. I am the Co-Founder of Velocity - I have co-owned this company for 19 years. We have worked very hard to build a quality work environment, provide excellent benefits and pay to our employees which compete and exceed those from most large corporations. We have tried to create a great work environment for all our employees and up until March of this year we were having the best year in our company’s history. Our Company was nominated (not by me.... but by our employees) and was picked as top employer in Tampa for 2019. I am sure it is easy to look back over the last few months as an armchair quarterback and say that you would have done one thing over something else, but here is the hard truth. Millions of companies have had to make very difficult decisions in these uncharted waters. You do not own the company; you have no idea how challenging it was to see our company revenue almost disappear. You have no idea how difficult this was and how many sleepless nights were spent worrying about our employees that we, the ownership, went through.....all while I was going through chemotherapy while fighting a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. So you can point out all of the negative things you would like to...but you personally told me multiple times how much you liked working here, how you were provided a great opportunity and you worked with THE BEST team. I am so sad that we had to make difficult decisions in an environment that we have never seen before. We did everything we could to keep the company together while we waited for our revenue to return. It did not and we had to make cuts to our workforce. The most disappointing part of reading your post is your bitter tone towards me and my family while you hide behind anonymity on this site. Velocity Resource Group is a family business and I make no apology about this. You may not like it but that is what we are. When you start your own company and run it for 19 years, I am sure you will run it how you want to, not how someone employed for just over a year feels it should be run. It is easy to fall prey to all of the negative forces surrounding us today...I can only hope you find a great job soon. A job that that makes you feel as positive as you felt while working here - as you said in your review, "Velocity was actually one of the best places I've had the chance to work".