Toxic Culture with Good People
Pros
Some employees care about their jobs and the mission of the organization. Convenient Old City location. Some departments are flexible about taking earned PTO.
Cons
No professional development. No management training. Extremely difficult to advance. Toxic culture overall. Hostile workplace in some departments; hostile HR department that will laugh at you for complaints, lie to you, and publicly demean you for their own mistakes. Absurdly depressed wages. Extreme top-down management style. Your experience here heavily depends on the department to which you are hired and the head of that department. Publications tries very hard to ensure that employees are at least happy in their positions, but the CEO and HR thwart any opportunity to actually reward employees for their hard work and dedication. Individuals who have been with the company for a very long time act as though they're a part of a cabal, and go on power trips accordingly. There is very little work-life balance, and no work from home or flex time is allowed, even for employees with terminal illnesses that preclude traveling to the office. Our jobs are 100% online. This is because the CEO refuses to allow it for anyone unless she gives them special permission. CEO insists on approving all yearly performance reviews and merit raises, despite her rarely being in the office. This made sense when the organization had 50 people. The organization now has nearly 300 employees. Despite promising to revamp the review schedule, as of my resignation our reviews were over a month late and employees had gone over a year without receiving their laughably small merit increases. If you work hard, you will not have enough work to do for the day, and will wind up staring at the wall for lack of anything stimulating. Individuals who do not do their work will not be punished, and you will be asked to pick up their slack time and time again.
