Fear based culture that sets you up to fail, then punishes you for it - Anonymous employee CBT Nuggets Employee Review

1.0
Jun 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay Great Benefits Lunch, snacks and coffee provided Excellent trainers, the training videos are great

Cons

You will get different job duties, or sometimes even a totally different job altogether than what you signed up for, however, you don’t get any training or guidelines. When you make a mistake or there is a perceived issue (which will inevitably happen when you don’t know their expectations), you’re out the door. Employees don’t get the courtesy of a discussion or even feedback when this happens. The owner is extremely intimidated by anyone with business knowledge or any leadership ability. Employees who have ideas or suggestions to make the company better risk their jobs by saying so. Senior management has no strategy or best practices in place. Every decision is made on the owner's whims. This results in undue stress for everyone, because there are no expectations, and the same mistakes being made over and over again. Unfortunately, it’s the employees who pay for this (someone has to and the owner certainly isn’t going to take responsibility for his own bad decisions) Overall, the company is ran using fear. Employees aren’t encouraged or inspired to help make the company great, people are sick with fear that they will be let go for no reason. This creates an anxious, depressed workforce who know they need to leave before they’re fired.

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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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