Pros
The goals of the company are commendable and they are helping clients with their DE&I goals The client base are amazing and the individuals they deal with every day are important, empathetic and caring people in the DE&I field Some of the employees are professional, experienced, nice people.
Cons
Management * Lack of forward planning leading to the day-to-day feeling frantic and erratic * The company isn’t very outcomes focusses. There’s lots of micro-management and a lack of trust eg leadership having accessing and reading employees inboxes unnecessarily * There’s a lack of management/oversight and accountability for actions on certain teams, leaving others to pick up the slack * Lack of cohesive management approach. Sometimes people feel caught between different managers instructions * Many of the people working there are friends with the management team and were not hired based on merit or experience in that field * Asking questions seen as a weakness rather than an opportunity to foster a learning environment Negativity * The working environment is combative, argumentative, defensive and individualistic leading to a toxic and uncomfortable environment * Focus on perceived things that have gone wrong and scolding, rather than constructive analysis of how to do things better. There is little positive reinforcement * I was told that “we don’t pat people on the back for doing the job that we pay them to do” after I publicly congratulated a colleague for closing a good deal. * Things being discussed between two people in a busy office that should be discussed privately in a 1:1 Work-life balance * I was told I was unprofessional for taking time off during a particular week where a company event was taking place, despite it being approved far in advance and the work event dates being decided at the 11th hour. * I was also told that I was unprofessional for taking a lunch break during an 11-hour work day * When I returned from a holiday and said I was catching up on emails, I was told “well maybe you should be checking your emails when you’re away”.
