Stressful Workplace that Is More Empathetic in Words than Action - Intellectual Property Investigator Marksmen Employee Review

3.0
Oct 25, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, interesting work, stocked kitchen

Cons

Quit because of my mental health, and I'm not the only one. My main issue I had was with some of the management. I was told to ask questions, then to stop "bombarding" them with questions, and then got reprimanded for not asking questions when I had them. The pressure of the workplace is very high. Management says they're empathetic, then does nothing when you say you're struggling with mental health. We were put on a trial/probation period at first to see if we were a good fit which I know resulted in undue stress about job security for myself and several others I onboarded with. We would often talk at lunch about fear for our job security, management was often not helpful or supportive, and I mentioned mental health issues to a manager who did nothing about it until I said I was considering quitting. For all their talk about work/life balance, it didn't seem to be implemented and it wasn't a workplace where I felt safe with my mental health issues.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Love it here. While it's a demanding job, management does their best to balance client expectations and life.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 18, 2026
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Pros

My immediate team was professional and the work itself was manageable when I knew what I was supposed to be doing.

Cons

• Information about projects, budgets, and strategic direction was hidden to the point that I could not understand how my work fit into the bigger picture. • Decisions from above were handed down without context or any explanation, leaving employees expected to comply without understanding why. • Requests for clarity on expectations or timelines were met with vague answers and references to information I was never allowed to access. • The need to know culture forced me to work with incomplete information while still holding me fully responsible for results I could not control. • Leadership treated transparency like a threat instead of the foundation of a functional workplace.

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