Pros
I wasn’t going to leave a post until I saw the multiple reviews clearly left by the CEO and upper management (I mean come on guys… no one leaves such a long positive review unless they are being paid to) berating employees airing very real concerns related to morale and workplace discrimination. If they were just benignly leaving positive posts to boost the company’s ratings I wouldn’t mind (nor could I blame them). But if they insist on using these reviews to slander former employees they better expect that their employees will continue to feel mistreated, and therefore will continue to leave negative reviews (an endless cycle of reviews, oh my!). It is pretty simple. The Pros are: You get to work with smart driven analysts/senior analysts on a relatively flexible schedule. And morale and stability has improved quite a bit in recent times. But don’t be fooled by the talking point being used repeatedly by upper management’s reviews that 2014-2015 was a bad year and nothing before or after was ever horrible. The fact that they continue to slam former employees with these sham reviews reveals that their disdain for their workforce persists. The message seems to be “if you didn’t like working here/with me it is because you failed.” It’s baffling that after receiving all this feedback with such strikingly consistent themes/pleas for change there is still no willingness for introspection.
Cons
I don’t want to waste my time elaborating on the general poor conditions at and mistreatment of employees other than to say that everything negative in the reviews you see here is true. In terms of content there wasn’t a single thing I read that made me raise an eyebrow. Instead I want to address the issue of misogyny and workplace discrimination. I have heard, seen, and been on the receiving end of misogynistic/bigoted/sexists comments at Navanti. In response to instances of sexual harassment in the workplace the company’s general counsel provided a briefing on “sexual harassment” that was essentially guidance to the men in the office on how to not leave proof if they were harassing their colleagues ( “don’t text the woman you like, ask her out in person!”) I also know for a fact that women were paid less (in some cases A LOT less) than men for the exact same job (pssst! In case you’re wondering that’s ILLEGAL). This issue was raised repeatedly by employees and lower level managers to upper management and even the CEO, and they were persistently dismissed. It is no surprise so many resorted to posting about it here. Anything written here has been said dozens times to both to HR and to the CEO. These are not surprise attacks. These are not the posts of trolls. These are FACTS. If Navanti cared about the facts they wouldn’t waste their time trying to debunk negative reviews on Glassdoor. They would focus on treating their female employees like people (I know, radical concept!). They should be ashamed of what they allowed to persist for so long. If things are better for women now, it’s because the CEO wised up and realized one day his misogyny would lead to a lawsuit. Better late than never I guess!