Common Sense Media reviews

The most egregious issues at the company come from executive management, particularly the CEO, Jim Steyer. Jim is quite profane and regularly uses hostile language (specifically profanity-laced) during meetings, creating a toxic/hostile work environment. These issues have been brought up with HR by a number of different individuals, but the behavior goes unchecked and continues. Additionally, a number of female colleagues have openly discussed (with me and others) concerns of gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and gender bias. These issues have also been brought up, but continues to go unchecked.

Overall, a pretty miserable place to work. No one has any idea what the mission actually is, let alone what to do to achieve said mission. Executive leadership is not transparent and internal communication is a disaster. This leads to confusion and lack of direction, which creates competition for resources and credit. Under staffing and under resourcing means a lot of things go out the window that are actually important, like performance reviews. The CEO Jim Steyer is manic and out of control. At best, he doesn't give you the time of day; at worst, he's downright abusive. Creates a toxic culture. Turnover is really high, made worse by layoffs of longtime employees. There's a huge pay gap, those in the inner circle are paid well and everyone else struggles to survive in the SF Bay Area. (I was once told to compare my salary to Chicago rates... if only my landlord charged Chicago rent!)