Pros
There are a few good people still there but the venomous environment is bringing out the worst side in many. Uncertainty and fear about job security and the future of the company are covered up with forced smiles in a hostile work environment. Pre merger and IPO this was an amazing place to work with smart, driven people. Most people who were with the company for more than 2 years have either been forced out (fired without cause “At will”) or left as soon as they could find anything else. Many quit without another job to go to. Total brain drain. Unlimited vacations but many are too overworked to use.
Cons
The soul of the organization has departed. What’s left is a heartless corporation still clinging to the pretense that it’s a fun, innovative and caring work environment. Quickly went from the best place I’d ever worked to the worst within a year. Brown nosing and schmoozing are rewarded rather than hard work and initiative. Senior leadership play favorites to yes men. Individual hunches serve as the rationale for business decisions rather than proven past learnings or logic. Some managers resort to deceptive and cut-throat methods to make themselves look better. Charming and agreeable when anyone more senior is around, then manipulative and aggressive when they are gone. Sadly this behavior seems to work. As the workloads increase the timelines and upper management’s empathy decrease. You're expected to do more, faster, and be happier about it. With so much turnover, everything is in a shambles and valuable information and processes are lost through the revolving door. Think it’ll be different for you and you’ll be able to fix things? It won’t and you can’t. Maybe you’re in another toxic situation and think anything else would be better – I advise you to look elsewhere. Warning: HR asked staff members to go into Glassdoor and write “more relevant” reviews in response to negative entries. I suspect that many of the positive Glassdoor reviews are a result of that initiative. You be the judge of their authenticity.
