Shiny on the outside but deeply flawed - Anonymous employee Olsson Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some stellar individuals. Nice facility. Good IT. Willing to take risks.

Cons

Under the shiny exterior of Olsson's newer offices and clean branding lies a broken system of distrust and non-cooperation. The almighty multiplier is the only standard to which employees are judged and there is limited cooperation between teams and offices since everyone is trying to hit multiplier targets. Smaller offices get treated much worse than the HQ and larger offices. Each team is treated as a standalone company which seems nice at first but fosters distrust and internal competition instead of collaboration. Pay is lower than the industry average.

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Olsson Response
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Thanks for sharing your feedback. I’m forwarding your thoughts to Olsson’s executive team as this is helpful for them to hear. We are continually looking for ways to incentivize cooperation among teams, but it is a challenge. While some amount of competition is good and healthy, we don’t want it to dominate how teams work together. Thanks again for your comments.

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