Pros
It’s frustrating to see 1-2 disgruntled old employees continue to take advantage of GlassDoor’s influence on what really goes on at SEER. I know this will bring more trolling reviews, but I had to add in my experience of SEER as it’s likely the most tenured non-director perspective available. Here’s some highlights & details: SEER has never turned down a vacation request from me over 6 years. I have never turned one down from my team of AMs & support. I have never questioned a sick day, trusting that if you’re sick, you’ll keep that at home & get better. You’re given a tremendous amount of responsibility. You’re able to work with fortune 500 companies, get your voice heard on the SEER blog, and directly see how you make an impact on clients. That’s the reason I came here to start, I knew almost down to the dollar how I mattered and that is still a great feeling. We have internal employee reviews and use a tool called TribeHR. This is the first year we’ve tried Tribe (tested a few systems and Work.com in the past) and it allows you to provide 360 reviews of employees, the president, Wil, and everyone who wants one. If you don’t want a review, we don’t force one. Pretty simple. I personally like to understand how I can work better with my teammates and get feedback on how to improve, so I elect to opt in. Do, Delegate, Delete. This is crucial as well as the ability to respect your own schedule. Coming from a more corporate environment prior to this job, I really didn’t have the luxury of saying no when asked to do something. I always had to say yes. At SEER, if you say yes to everything, you’re not respecting your time. Eventually, something will be dropped that should have been delegated or deleted (said no to). If you’re great at managing your own schedule and don’t feel a pressure to say yes to everything, a majority of the concerns listed in other reviews won’t exist for you. Work life balance – I left early on 3 Fridays this summer at 3pm to head down the shore. Looking back through time off requests, I approved all 12 summer Friday requests from my team so they could get an early start to their weekend. Someone on my team just got back from taking a full week off. She filled out our document that lets everyone know who is covering clients/deliverables, then no one needed to contact her while she was away because it was covered. I also took three days off recently. I let everyone know that I would not be responding to emails and had a plan in place for when I left. Nothing was dropped. No one was overworked. I felt little pressure to check emails (and actually had Wil chime in on a message saying to put me on BCC since I was out). Similar to the paragraph above, if you feel pressure that you’re letting someone down by not answering emails, vacations will be stressful. SEER has a vacation document that helps you actually take a vacation. It details what coworker covers a project or deliverable while you’re out. If coworkers are booked, we have hired contractors to take on non-essential work to alleviate heavy workloads. We did this just last week (9/8). Training employees – I’ll ping HR whenever we have a post up about how SEER invests in professional development. I have a budget to spend on my team for development. Whether that’s reading Getting to Yes with a teammate and comparing notes, sending two members to the PA Women’s Leadership Conference in October, or sending two different team members to the C3 Conductor conference in NYC, I’m trying my best to use that budget to grow individual employees on my team as well as SEER. Part of my own performance is measured in how I've helped my team grow professionally.
Cons
If you’re great at managing your own schedule and don’t feel a pressure to say yes to everything, a majority of the concerns listed in other reviews won’t exist for you. On the flip side, if you have that feeling of "I've done what I needed to do today, but other people are here so I should stay", it could be stressful. You know yourself best.