Inexperienced leadership and micromanagement leads to poor overall experience - Anonymous employee StudioBinder Employee Review

Payment is on par with skill. Payment terms are always agreed upon up at the start, so it shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s quite common to provide 10-20% raises to employees that demonstrate aptitude and positive attitudes within the first 3-6 months as well. Most of these reviewed were written by folks that were with us less than that. If an employee wants to work towards a higher pay, please bring it up with management so a plan can be created to help them identify and improve the requisite skills to reach their goals. In many cases, we map out a 3-6 month plan to get them where they want to be. We don’t make it a habit to publicly reprimand anyone or “watch you like a hawk.” It’s best to dismiss anyone that would merit such concerns. Some employees in the past made it a habit to take personal phone calls during work, reply to text messages, and post on personal Twitter accounts. This was brought up for good reasons. We have never threatened to not pay someone if they’re late on an assignment. There's is no precedent of this ever happening. It shouldn’t matter when blog posts are released. What should matter is that employees have goals, and they work towards getting the job done. The backlog of work was a result of a previous content editor who struggled to stay current with the release schedule. It’s been addressed for a long time now. We never ask anyone to stay late despite the fact that we are well within our purview to do so, and it would be reasonable to do from time to time. At StudioBinder, days rarely exceed a healthy 8h. The higher turnover at this time was accelerated when a writer was dismissed and a few colleagues got sour about it, hence the singular voice. As always, we take ALL the feedback into consideration. Thank you for the feedback nonetheless, and the notes have been heard and addressed. Updated 4/9/20