Fictiv reviews

Goals constantly shift and they are usually unattainable and they know it. They set them anyway to appease investors and then eliminate people when they inevitably miss. They move goals around so frequently, they forget they did it. Certain members of the C-suite will openly verbally abuse, bully, berate and belittle people in open forums. They are extremely and unnecessarily top-heavy with obvious redundancy. This is largely due to the cliques or "favorites" clubs that are established by certain members of the C-suite. Obviously the clique members are the only ones exempt from the wrath and abuse from the leaders. These same leaders make knee-jerk, non-data driven decisions without considering the consequences of those decisions. The leaders create a culture of fear leaving the IC's feeling like they constantly have to look over their shoulders.

Of the many companies that I've worked that, Fictiv is by far the most disappointing. The interview process was straightforward and the people seemed genuinely focused on building a culture as much as building the company itself. However, upon starting, it was very quick that there was very little support around you. I know turnover is relatively high in sales positions (when compared to other departments), but it truly seemed like the higher ups viewed sales people as completely expendable. Marketing was, by and large, owned by one person and one person alone - there were plenty of voices on that team but they were routinely drowned out, overpowered, and ignored in favor of nepotism. Operations had good contributors, but the many complaints and workplace issues were by and large brushed under the rug. Customer Support employees were under-appreciated and always stressed (this, on its own, isn't abnormal, which is a problem in general). Leadership was very unsupportive of its employees. Every single day, peers would talk about how they were thrown under the bus, yelled at for things out of their control (or not even within their job expectations), and more. The CEO was inspirational... until he wasn't. Other leaders were extremely hostile, even to people that didn't work for them in any way. The marketing department lost its lead in 2019 and the position was never filled again. Instead, someone without marketing knowledge filled in temporarily and, as a result, the team fell apart. I do think certain leads were positive leaders and created good environments for their employees, but not nearly enough. Overall, Fictiv talked a big game and delivered on very little. They claimed to care about diversity and inclusion, but often ignored the issues and complaints of those minority and female employees. Hiring feedback was, in most cases, completely ignored. All of this summed up to employees feeling like the company didn't care about them.