Shift Paradigm reviews

2.4

25% would recommend to a friend

(134 total reviews)

Liz Ross

25% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Shift Paradigm has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 134 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Shift Paradigm employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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134 reviews
5.0
Aug 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities for growth and advancement. Autonomy, expectation to take ownership. Commitment to culture. New and exciting challenges all the time.

Cons

Fast paced. Rapid growth can be challenging.

5.0
Aug 8, 2017

Best Company I Have Ever Worked For!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- Strong culture - Ability to work remotely - Experienced, knowledgeable and fun co-workers - Interesting clients and projects - Great benefits especially around vacation

Cons

- Need to keep improving infrastructure as the company grows in size - Can feel strapped at times with the amount of work and limited resources

1.0
Dec 3, 2016

Started as a friendly startup, ended up a hypocrisy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Some opportunities to travel and volunteer. Retirement plan and good bonus potential after 18 months. -Leadership, on good days, SEEMS to want to have friendships with employees and retain everyone. -Some amount of autonomy (which is also a con) and work/life balance. -Open vacation is mostly honored.

Cons

Unethical. Unprofessional. Political & backstabbing. Mediocre compensation. Kool-aid culture. No professional growth. High turnover. Siloed teams. Deceitful leadership. Unstable, even hostile management... Friendly on the surface, but very tense workplace. Leadership team used to say “everyone has a voice here”, but never backed up the work culture they professes to have, and in actuality couldn’t care less about the employees. They hire young and inexperienced people to keep it cheap, and it’s a very “us-versus-them” mentality (VP / director club vs disposable employees). They also don’t believe in hiring a sales team ($), and fail to secure deals, but blame the employees when things go wrong. A few bad apples can spoil the whole bunch at any company, and lack of office-attendance from higher-ups allow these hostile individuals to say and do anything they want... There is no real HR nor office management, and since directors and higher-ups rarely show up to the office, you're on your own to deal with said individuals. Sexist and ageist remarks often encountered. Workplace is often unstable and chaotic if you're on the wrong team (ie not a director or VP working at home). If your job is valued, you may be treated like royalty. If not, you are disposable, and YOU WILL BE TOLD SO and treated so. Work fluctuates from 12-hour days with late night terrors to no workload due to declining business. Agency only does email marketing, which becomes redundant and is often disorganized, despite all the hoops to jump through in the online task management system to get anything done. Time logging system is bad and constantly harped on, with rules constantly changing.

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Shift Paradigm Response
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Hi, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback and review. I am really sorry that your experience at Trendline was not what you wanted it to be and it pains me to know that after all this time, you continue to feel this way. I would like to address a few of the comments that you made above that maybe will be able to provide closure or at the very least clarity. 1. We saw the need for a FT individual to handle HR as we grew and since April 2016 , we have had a VP of HR to handle all of the needs for our employees in each office. She has done an incredible job for us and I am honored to work with her. 2. As an agency whose sole focus is email marketing and continues to be, we are always looking for new ways to innovate and put processes in place so that workflow and time management can get better. The online task management system is not a "task management" system. It is a project management system that is able to streamline the workflow for the hundreds and hundreds of projects we have going each and every month. Those that use it effectively see that that their projects run smooth with an accurate paper trail as well as an approval system thus making their work easier. Those that don't, see it as a task based system. 3. Time management/reporting is the key to success for any marketing agency. As you know, we bill our clients based on the hours we work for them so the accurate recording of the hours is essential. We are always training on changes so that everyone is recording the right amount of hours. 4. As a growing agency we pride ourselves on not having a "sales team" to secure business. The "higher ups" are out of the office for a reason which is normally to visit clients or meeting with potential new ones. We have an open calendar system and welcome everyone in the company to see the executives schedules on exactly what we are doing. I could address many other points, but I am not sure it would change how you felt during your time with us. Know this...we take these reviews seriously and as one of the owners of the company, it truly saddens me that someone is out there thinking these thoughts about their past employment with us. I keep in contact with many of our former employees (both voluntary and involuntary) as I truly do care how things shake out after they leave Trendline. That said, I am thankful that you took the time to share your opinion here. I wish you all of the best in the future. Andrew Kordek Co-Founder.
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