The Ol' Bait and Switch - Anonymous employee Spreetail Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most people not in upper management are extremely good people who I thoroughly enjoyed working with. My time here was also a great resume booster because I could try out so many different activities and skills.

Cons

Buckle up ladies and gentlemen, this ride is about to get bumpy... Speaking of bumpy rides, I'd like for you to imagine a great ship. First, suppose that this ship has been kept in a harbor as a museum piece. As the years go by some of the wooden parts begin to rot and are replaced by new ones. After a while, all of the parts have been replaced. Is the "restored" ship still the same object as the original? This is part of a thought experiment, the Ship of Theseus, and in this situation I believe that it is absolutely not the same ship as it first started out as. Spreetail has replaced just about every single piece of the ship and added more pieces than necessary, it was virtually unrecognizable to me after my 2 years with the company. You get lured in with fun activities and honeyed words about how laid back the culture is, but in actuality there are so many unwritten rules that you feel stagnated. For instance, unlimited PTO sounds pretty nice, right? What's not to like about that? Well, when you're guilted into not using more than a day or two every six months it sure doesn't feel very unlimited. You end up being treated like a slacker (by upper management) when you utilize your benefit. "Spreetail isn't for everyone" is often thrown around when someone leaves because they had no work/life balance. That's just a fun way of saying "You can't have a life to work here, and if you do, don't work here." There's another review on here that refers to the cult mentality and drinking the kool-aid, that person hit the nail on the head with that one. "Yes Men" get promoted and people with differing opinions get silenced.

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