New Forum Reviews

There was a lot of pressure from upper management to leave positive reviews on Glassdoor. They were shameless and downright aggressive about it. Management was at best ineffective and at worst incompetent. The only thing that management had perfected was gaslighting. I recall submitting the same report over and over again only to be told by management that it was not right every time. Every single time I was given little or contradictory feedback. This went on for weeks. Imagine a report being so esoteric that no one could explain what was wrong, only that it was wrong. At the time it was maddening but now it makes me laugh. This is just one of example of many.

New Forum pays WAY below the current market, the quarterly bonuses equal less than one paycheck with the 4 quarters combined. The company's idea of "rewarding" their employees is having food in the office (once in a while) and having a company event once a year on a Sunday, that takes time away from your weekend and family. The culture is terrible, very awkward and a depressing environment. The office is divided by men sitting on one side of the office and women sitting on the other side. The office is quiet all day long except when awkward conversations are made such as who says backpack vs bookbag. The leadership team does not respect any policies/procedures HR sets forth to the company. Not to mention the CEO designed a career path project within the company, which is an HR initiative, and didn't include the HR Generalist in the project but included employees that were not associated in an HR position (or other relevant position). Leadership also expects someone in every department to be in the office (with the exception of Fridays), yet the leadership team was often all out on the same time. Leadership shows favoritism by not holding some employees/managers to the same standards as others when policies aren't followed, core values are exemplified, and the disparities between pay structures without explanation or justification. Gender Discrimination is also recognizable at New Forum, the company operates as a "Good Old Boys Network". A majority of the candidates hired are because they know someone in the company and the only time a woman will have career growth is when she's a worker bee and doesn't question anything. Women are held at a higher standard than the men at the corporate office. The corporate office is composed of 75% men.