AACR reviews

Talented people are constantly leaving due to poor work environment, diversity and commitment to inclusivity is non-existent

Lack of flexibility, lack of concern for employees, poor work life balance, low pay, Interference from CEO on basic operations, antiquated systems and processes. This is an association made up mainly of poor leadership that thrives on whatever bits of “power” they feel they have. There’s clearly a lot of reviews stating a poor work environment, well ALL those people are not incorrect. Those that have written positive reviews were asked. This is antiquated company that has not reached the 21st century, mainly because they feel they don’t have to. There are many employees that have been here 20, 30+ years and are fine doing things as old school as they can. This company tries to present itself as forward thinking and about cancer research or saving lives, but struggle to allow its employees to work safely from home or to choose the days that they do. Some employees have had cancer and are survivors, stuck in cubicles! Exposure to Covid may seem like a one off, until you hear that there was a board meeting and a visitor who attended was positive. We were told to work from home for the next 5 days because, although they wanted to paint a picture that no one was exposed, the reality was that these executives had been walking around the offices and floors after being exposed. Thankfully there have been no major outbreaks, but who is waiting on that?! Upper management wants to be in office, while the workers do not. The difference is, is that upper management sit in offices, with doors and and be comfortable, without a mask when or if they choose. Management will say they “care about the employees and safety “ , yet they do not advocate for what their teams want or need. They advocate for themselves. They also enjoy their power trips and feeling as though they can speak to you or treat you any kind of way. You are not offered advancement based on your skill set because they do not recognize your strengths. Instead, it’s needs based or maybe you’ve threatened to leave. The care for employees is secondary to them wanting to keep an eye on you. Regardless of the fact that we’ve been more productive and accountable and flexible from home, it matters more that they cannot see you. There are variants popping up and still, they would rather be able to see you. Management is made up of NOT of leaders, but rather people who’ve been here long enough or is friendly with the right person and therefore they were moved into that position. Good leadership would go a long way here, but instead, you have an old, toxic and immature environment. We’ve lost a lot of employees due to how this company has been handling things and there will be more leaving.