SPARGO

3.0

Jul 26, 2019

Anonymous employee

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Pros

The experience at Spargo was mostly negative until they finally fired the awful COO or whatever she was. The environment and rules definitely improved after she left. Management in my department also improved with the help of my direct supervisor. It’s like they finally started listening to their employees. It’s definitely a good starting point if you’re just beginning your career. Moving up is fairly easy as long as you do work. Casual dress is nice and we usually get a lot of holidays off and early leave on days surrounding certain holidays. PTO is gained faster than average so that is really nice. However, it can be difficult to actually take that time off. You also get separate sick leave and management is pretty lax about you using that for appointments and such. They also did a good job negotiating our health insurance premiums for this year. The actual coverage sucks, but the premiums are really low. My direct supervisor is probably the best part about my recent job experience. She actually listens to us and fights for us. She wants US to succeed for ourselves rather than for her to look good. It’s very refreshing.

Cons

That review about cliques and a “mean girl” type atmosphere is absolutely true. Everyone gossips and rumors get spread quickly. Each department is pretty segregated and there’s no proper internal communication for work related items. A lot of mistakes happen because the departments don’t talk to each other like they should when making big changes. The CEO and a lot of higher ups are stuck in their old world type views and aren’t willing to introduce newer work customs other than casual dress. Some departments get more special treatment than others and even some teams within the departments do too. Work From Home needs to be more available. Most people, at least in manager positions, can do 90% of their work from home, but it’s not allowed but one day per week. Pay is also below market value. There are a lot of inconsistencies with the rules of the company. And the inconsistency is usually between departments. Management plays favorites and will keep awful employees on just because they’ve been there forever or they’re good friends. The company also seems to go through periods of high turnover, or at least it did in my department. This made workloads extremely inconsistent too.

SPARGO Response

Wow, thank you for the thorough review! As you've personally noted, SPARGO is making efforts to ensure we're listening to our employees. Your former toxic manager is an example of management recognizing a negative situation and taking action. With our open door policies and such, I hope if you're not feeling heard by one group, that you'll reach out to another, who may be more receptive. When employees offer solutions, instead of just complaints to difficult situations, it's hard not to consider their ideas. We are doing a few case studies within the company to see how relaxing the work from home and other policies could work for us. At this time, we still feel strongly that having everyone in the offices, more often than not, improves the collaborative efforts of our teams, but we also recognize change is coming with modern employee expectations. The new year is coming fast, but I'm sure we'll make some headway on that front soon. Thank you again for your review, I hope we can count on you to become an ambassador of change for us in your own ways as well, because you're right, listening to our employees is key to retention and assisting SPARGO to grow. Talent Acquisition Management @SPARGO

Overall okay, but pretty inconsistent - Anonymous employee SPARGO Employee Review

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