Unbridled Reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(61 total reviews)
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Stan Bullis

67% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Unbridled has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 61 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unbridled employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal consumer services industry (3.6 stars).

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61 reviews
3.0
22 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

You get to travel, some amazing people work there and lots of fun things happen around the office. Periodically meals are provided and paternity leave is upheld.

Cons

We are hugely based off of our culture and it is completely false. We work 60 hours a week on average, work weekends, nights, and even holidays (if I client requests it). We never say no to business therefore some very unrealistic deadlines are expected and pay is next to nothing.

1.0
17 May 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The "worker bee" people are amazing. Kind, caring and gracious. They made it worth staying.

Cons

As a mid-senior level female manager, I felt completely unsupported and constantly set up to fail. Executive leadership (XD) points fingers, throws employees under the bus and uses manipulation and blame as a way of "managing". I was constantly met with resistance to change without any recommendation from leadership. They label managers who say NO to wild, unrealistic job requests (in efforts to protect exhausted, overworked employees) as inflexible. There is zero respect or priority for the integrity of creative process or ideation. The level of dysfunction at this company was too much to bear. Additionally, I was told I could only hire a new female employee if I "softened her up because she was too edgy". In her interview with XD executive leadership, she was told "work/life balance is a cop out". They promote the culture as being "authentically you" but say things like that behind closed doors. You must fit an extremely conservative mold at this company. The turnover rate in the XD department is increasingly high and saddening. Promotions and raises only happen when someone quits. Men and women are not paid equally for the same role.

1.0
24 Oct 2020

Nightmarish

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You work in a beautiful, historical mansion.

Cons

I was quite literally emotionally/psychologically abused here. I still have nightmares about this place. As others have said, the CEO will ask about your religious beliefs in the interview. He also asked if/when I planned to have children. I look back and cannot understand why I didn’t speak up in that interview, but I realize it’s the smooth talking, the big promises, and the external appeal of the place that mystifies you to not think for yourself or ask questions. Once you do, you are belittled, isolated, then unceremoniously kicked out. This job had such an impact on my self esteem and my self identify that it has taken years to build myself back up again. I’m writing this now because I constantly see/hear of job postings and I want to warn others to steer clear. There are plenty of other opportunities in the area.

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Unbridled Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to write about your experience at Unbridled and are very sorry that it wasn’t reflective of our values. If the intention of your interview with our President was misunderstood we apologize. By that point in our process, we have fully vetted candidate’s skills and experience, and only those most likely to be hired advance to an interview with him. He has a unique way of communicating with people but he is always coming from a good place, encouraging people to open up and be vulnerable so he can really get to know them. We are aware of our legal responsibilities, any information that may be shared from a personal perspective is kept private to that conversation and is not used in our hiring decision. In fact, we hire 99% of the candidates who make it to that final interview. We have had a company advocate program in place since 2013 that we have found to be a great way for new hires to have someone they are connected to beyond their manager. Advocates are there to hear concerns and help navigate difficult situations, as we know those can’t always be avoided. We also have an open-door policy and encourage our team to take advantage of that at any time. In regard to your comment about our philanthropic endeavors, the money that employees donate (voluntarily) goes directly to our Response Fund. This fund is matched by UnbridledACTS dollar for dollar, and that money goes directly to people in need. That fund has helped people in devastating situations find hope and help. One example is of a family who lost their home to a wildfire. They lost everything and we were able to issue a grant immediately so they could buy basic necessities like food, diapers for their baby, and clothing. That money helped them get through several weeks while they waited for money from their insurance company. And even with the devastating impact on live events in 2020, UnbridledACTS funded $200,000 to a separate response fund directed to people in our industry who lost their jobs. The recipients of Response Fund grants are often times nominated by our team members and we are incredibly proud of this part of our culture. We hope you can understand that as a growing company we are not perfect but we always hope to learn from difficult situations and then make changes to ensure that all our employees have the resources they need to be successful.
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