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.
