Limited career path, Apathetic leadership, Inconsistent culture - Anonymous employee Workiva Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

+ Good place to start your career + Individual contributors are mostly good people who want to do well and work hard + Good benefits + Plenty of opportunity for improvement + This was my family for 10 years

Cons

- Compensation is ok but pay is better elsewhere - Still a young company looking for an identity - Out of startup phase so they have a defined corporate structure - Prefer to hire talent than develop from within (limited career path) - Managers only focused on their own careers, not the careers/lives of their direct reports - Lack of empathy from leadership for employees - No interest in or loyalty to many/most employees

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Workiva Response
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First off, THANK YOU for dedicating a decade of your career with us. We’re glad to hear the positives of your experience at Workiva. Thank you for also sharing the not-so-positives. We take employee feedback (past & present) seriously and we are always looking for ways to be better.

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