Influenster Reviews

Granted, I was a freelancer so I don't have the full scope of the horrors that happened at Influenster, but I couldn't believe the way in which this place of business was run. The first and most apparent thing that I noticed was the LACK of diversity in a modern NYC office. You can count the number of people of color in the office with one hand. Secondly, you are watched like a hawk. There are rumors that the CEOs watch the employees through the cameras that are set up around the office. Everything here, the work streams, teh meetings, the way the business is set up is inefficient and is all just busy work - which extremely bogs down your work/life balance and you are churning out emails and proposals all day. It seems like there is no real desire to improve this inefficiency from the managers, directors, or the Founders (also I don't know if they understand that this is a huge problem). Lastly everyone who was probably a good thing for the company has realized and left (for the better) because the founders have antagonized, micromanaged, and belittled prospective change makers within the company to leave. At the end of the day -everyone here is super stressed out, and works in fear. Don't even get me started on the slack culture that exists here - it is insane how almost everyone's dirty laundry is left out on slack and the founders have been involved with these public shaming and other company conversations that should definitely not been on the #general Slack. I am so glad that I am gone and have left this place behind.

Free food and a dog-friendly environment are NOT enough to be the saving grace for any company. PLEASE READ UP PEOPLE AND BELIEVE THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS before accepting a job offer from Influenster. At Influenster, I experienced one of the most toxic work environments I had the misfortune to encounter and boy howdy have I been in some bad places. As pointed out in many other reviews, the co-founders don't know what they're doing and I am surprised the company is still in business. The female co-founder spouts a bunch of nonsense on how she is a #girlboss doing her thing, but fails to mention at her PR events that if you have the bad luck of working with her, you are nothing but a peon who is there to satisfy her every demand without question. Questioning her is not even a possibility because you will immediately get shut down. The male co-founder is haughty as well, and is probably using his trust fund money to keep the place afloat. I could never figure out what he did other than throw around flimsy ideas and storm out of meetings because somebody disagreed with him. Also, pro-tip that the founders are also romantic partners so you can deduce what you will from that. Bullying, cliques, and gossip run rampant and are often fueled by co-founders, leaders, and possibly your own manager who should ideally have your back in any other work environment. The comments about the Slack shaming are very much true, and if you want to be harassed and bullied in the General channel (by the co-founder no less) for something so miniscule as coming in 5 minutes late, by all means, take the job. Organizationally speaking, the structure is incredibly flat. You are either loved by management because you work in sales or you are an old-timer (seniority does not always save you from bullying), or you are nobody and you can get cut the minute they change course which is OFTEN. Your manager will be chomping at the bit to throw you under the bus to save their own skin. The co-founders are also not transparent whatsoever about how the company makes money (big “IF”), so that’s scammy and scary as well. If you do not care for working in a chaotic, unstable environment where you dread going into work everyday I urge you to stay away.