Extremely Toxic - Anonymous employee Railbookers Group Employee Review

It is honestly difficult for me to figure out where to start. Especially taking into account things I experienced myself, and things I witnessed my fellow co-workers go through. For me, it started when I transitioned into the department and was given the responsibility of overseeing a specific line they already knew was not going to be offered moving forward. I was informed all the work was completed and to simply make sure everything flows nicely during the season. It was here, so early in my career with the company, where I realized I will need to learn to fend for myself. As I looked into everything, I noticed almost nothing was done and struggled through the season to ensure minimal chaos due to the lack of care for the product and someone in charge with the organizational skills of a 2nd grader. However, my hard work did not go unnoticed and I was rewarded newer responsibilities identical to those of the manager over me. Of course, I was excited to take on more, but had my reasonable concerns regarding my job title and compensation seeing as though I had the same responsibilities as the manager over me. I was then advised that I was not eligible for a promotion or further compensation but that they could take the added work away... however, it would be used against me should the position open up in the future. At this point, they had finally hired a Director of Human Resources which a lot of us were super thrilled for. My first meeting with this individual was great, and I could tell her intentions were to help as she had been hearing the same from so many of us. Not too long after, I requested my follow up meeting to discuss everything, and she mentioned she was busy and could not get me in the books. The following day, my direct manager had a meeting with me to discuss my concerns. I, personally, was not comfortable with something I brought up to the "Human Resource" department being relayed to my manager before further discussion but it is something I had to get used to. it was so surprising to feel the difference in demeanor and enthusiasm as compared to my first meeting with her... I could tell she was not able to help the way she had envisioned. Soon her job title was changed with a focus on "talent acquisition" and she was let go from the company and we were left without a legitimate Human Resource department, yet again. For the next year or so, I had the displeasure of doing the same job as the manager over me without proper acknowledgement. On numerous occasions I kicked up my concerns to only hear the same political answers from my direct manager who in, my opinion, doesn't have much regard for his employees. Career development didn't mean much more than just taking on more responsibilities it seemed. Again, in my opinion and many others, this not the way to care for your employees. Especially, when one has to sit in meeting with him hearing him talk negatively about his previous employees... makes me wonder what is being said about me now. I have seen long time employees let go during "restructuring" to only help grow existing concerns on job security. If someone with such longevity and so much knowledge of the product is who you decide to let go during a "restructuring period," how should growing employees feel about building a career with you? After so many were let go, responsibilities grew more so in the department I was in as I had to learn to do creative writing (something very new to me). I kicked my concerns up again and was not surprised to hear that "in a culture where we are restructuring, a pay raise is unlikely." In other words, they will save on all the employees let go, shift their work over to kept staff, but not compensate their "valued" employees even a little bit in trying to help them understand the situation in expanded responsibilities. I had to juggle my own responsibilities as well as other departments' who struggled because the workload is just unbearable for almost all teams. Of course, the helpful person I am was taken advantage of and I found myself always having to make sure my work was done, all while being "required" to stay late and/or structure my days around helping other departments. Then responding to critical emails from upper management questioning my work and how I am spending my time during the day. I hope me sharing some of my experiences helps anyone reading as I only have good intentions in sharing them.