Terrible Management and fear based culture that cannot be canceled out by a ping pong table - Anonymous employee CBT Nuggets Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay Great Benefits Fun coworkers Fun office including coffee and catered lunch

Cons

No loyalty. Employees are treated as expendable idiots despite the fact that they have to manage the managers and are the ones actually keeping the company alive. The good employees are let go, or more often, leave because of the terrible culture. I would not suggest leaving another job, turning down another job, or relocating for a position here because chances are you will not be here long. In order to succeed here, you have to be a brown nosing yes man, people who actually give their ideas and thoughts to management will be fired. The owner is obnoxious to the point of being an embarrassment and a liability. He spends his days pulling inappropriate practical jokes and downright harassing employees. If you are a woman, in addition to the disgusting harassment you can count on your contributions being completely dismissed. The benefits offered are not truly for the employee but to make the company a "Best Employer" (necessary to stay alive when people are leaving in droves). Unfortunately these awesome benefits and a truly cool company are overshadowed by the fear based culture, an owner who does not seem to care about the company at all, and the ridiculously anxiety everyone shows up to work with everyday wondering if this is the day they will be let go

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5.0
Mar 14, 2025
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Pros

Excellent benefits - 5 weeks PTO annually, free healthcare for your whole family, 401k matching Fully remote workforce Regular bonus awarded through profit sharing Casual culture, work hard play hard type of vibe You can get a lot of experience on a number of projects or collaborative work with other teams

Cons

Not a great place for people who need really structured management or tasks - you need to be self-motivated enough to get things done quickly as a remote worker, and be responsible and driven enough to be able to figure stuff out on your own as it's very trimmed-down on the management and operations side. Don't work here if you're not comfortable with shifting priorities - we work fast to try new things and pivot quickly as needed.

1.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Remote, team before everyone was let go.

Cons

Fear culture, no communication or rather, some manipulation. No collaboration amongst other teams.

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