Conductor reviews

- No work/life balance. Employees making $50k/year are expected to pull all-nighters on a regular basis. - The executive suite (senior leadership, C-level execs) is the worst I've ever seen. They seem to lack confidence in their own plans; company strategy changes wildly every 6-8 months. TONS of finished work gets thrown out because of this, which feels extremely demotivating. - The company is not stable; they've had at least six rounds of layoffs in the last two years. - Extremely limited room for advancement. Employees are expected to perform the work of someone 2-3 titles above their role for a year+ BEFORE being considered for a promotion or raise to match those responsibilities. When I and others raised this as a problem in town halls, we were told that this policy was in the employee handbook and it was not going to change.

I am glad to be gone from Conductor. I would recommend for you to look elsewhere. Conductor calls itself a tech company. It works more like an agency. There a lot of SEO experts who come from the agency side or have never worked anywhere besides Conductor. Many of the positive reviews come from these people. Yes, they think Conductor is a great place to work but it is only because they have bad agency experiences to compare it to. Conductor also used to be much more fun 10 years ago and the culture and business health is not what it used to be. Conductor does not have a good work-life balance. You can expect to receive internal emails or texts at all hours and all days of the week. Yes there is unlimited PTO but you will work on vacation. The leadership team cares too much which causes them to be micromanagers. They hire you but don’t trust you, or will send you on a wild goose chase for a project but never ask about it again. This is very demoralizing. The CEO is also the founder. He is a typical zany tech bro who treats the company as his baby. This can cause him to act like a despot. There has been 100% turnover in the executive leadership team within 2 years. That should tell you all you need to know. There have been multiple small rounds of layoffs (5 in a little over a year). The CEO required a return to office even though it was not a popular idea. The office benefits him personally so he made it a requirement. These two things have led to poor morale and a feeling that the company does not care about employees. Everyone has struggled to hit their numbers in recent history which makes it hard to justify staying to suffer through all of the other negative aspects.