Russell Tobin reviews

-Will lay you off 11 days before Christmas but will tell you you're still invited to the Holiday Party the following night (I did not go). -NO Severance after being laid off. Did NOT pay out unused PTO. -CEO is a narcissist. Will make off-color jokes and comments in the Monday Morning Meetings (HUGE waste of time) and only cares about making it a "million dollar company" -No HR department, people would frequently make jokes about this. -They pride themselves on diversity but by the time I left my entire office was white people. -No proper base pay. When I interviewed I was asked what I would like to make and gave a number. I made that number but later found out that people in my same position that had been there maybe only 3 months more were making $10k-18k more than me! -Incredibly stingy when it comes to WFH days. When I joined I was under the assumption that WFH would be easy to do but was told that the boss "likes people in office." Most of the people I directly worked with were remote all over the country including my director manager. There was no good reason for being in office 5 days a week, especially post-pandemic. I was eventually given one WFH day a week but if something happened and I needed to WFH on a different day, they expected me to come in on my usual day - including if things happened outside of my control (building without water, hurricane, etc.) -No distinction from PTO vs Sick Days, it's all the same. -Silly "belt level" system with no real indication of how to "level up." Feels very culty, if you've seen The Vow on HBO it's very much like that. -Would laid big groups of people off but not talk about it at all in office. -Watched as a girl was fired and found out from an email letting her know that her benefits would end BEFORE anyone had talked to her. -People would put in their 2 weeks notice but they would tell them to leave that day. -Clearly is telling people to leave glowing 5 star reviews.

When you interview there, please ask these questions: 1) Is it true that the CEO (Leo Russell, not Tim Tobin) told everyone during COVID reopening Phase 2 in NYC, around June 2020, that they had to plan to start coming into the office? 2) Is it true that if they wanted to WFH, they were forced to take a pay cut? You'll see other reviews here about commission problems and other culture-related gripes. But I understand that while these are huge red flags, some people may not have had these issues and there are two sides to every story. I also don't think a company should be poorly judged for firing or furloughing people during a pandemic. Just ask the questions I mentioned above and then at least you can understand what you're getting into if you work there. That's just a lack of common decency. One story that should depict the issue was during a town hall session amidst COVID, when the CEO said we can be back in the office and eat lunch in the cafeteria - when someone asked how many people can fit to ensure proper social distancing his admin responded with I think, "Five people." Could have been more. Then someone followed up by asking, "Where else can we eat lunch since we can't go to restaurants...what do we do if it starts raining?" The CEO responded: "Bring a raincoat." It was a difficult time – people were frightened and no one had their backs. If you want to join this company, do your research. There are a lot of negative reviews here to look through. Maybe the positive ones are true as well - that's for you to decide. Everyone is going to have their own experience, though I would suggest to always be cautious when you see chunks of positive reviews written all around the same date. Your research should also tell you that the firm has seen a tremendous amount of turnover, with a lot of it at leadership level. This doesn't happen for no reason. The behavior during COVID was what many would find abhorrent, and it seems to be the impetus behind most departures. Most research indicates that extreme turnover is a bad sign. Don't ignore it.