Having moved on to a new company, I’ve realized how absolutely awful working here and how morally incorrect the company is for a variety of reasons:
- This company preys on recent college graduates for a reason. You are young and inexperienced and likely don’t know what is reasonable treatment for employees. Expect a terrible salary compared to the industry standard, and so much work and pressure that you will likely burn out quickly.
- Management is terrible. It’s shocking how you can be micromanaged and yet get absolutely no meaningful guidance whatsoever. If you have questions or need guidance from your coach, expect them to either never respond to your requests for help OR micromanage the living hell out of you without being helpful either way.
- This company genuinely feels like Big Brother. You’ll be forced to use a tracking software that tracks all your clicks/typing/etc to ensure you’re working every second on the day. Genuinely.
- Unlivable salaries. You will be severely underpaid. While they will flaunt perks like bonuses that you earn for being a glorified sales person at the expense of your morals, but believe me when I say this is not worth it. Find a company that actually pays you fairly.
- This company is so suspicious and will make you cross ethical boundaries. You will constantly be told to push new services onto clients, even when you know in your heart it’s wrong or won’t help them. You will be told to lie about how recently you graduated from college. If you do end up quitting like I did, they will try to make you sign NDAs, etc to prevent you from talking about the shady things they do. Do not fall for their trap.
- This job will destroy your work life balance, and likely your mental health too. I was so stressed out from constant fear of underperforming or losing my job despite being a top performer that I started to have panic attacks because of my job here. I had no work life balance, and all I could think about was work and if I was getting behind (because they would constantly shove so much extra work onto me as well). I’m at a job I love now, and it made me realize how absolutely insane this company is and how little they really care about you and your wellbeing.
- The culture genuinely feels like a cult. Seriously. The culture is all about fake positivity regardless of the circumstances. If you can’t fake being happy 100% of the time, you should be worried (I heard of several coworkers who got in trouble for not being ‘positive’ enough). You will need to be fake and drink the koolaid so to speak.
My advice is: it’s not worth falling into the trap. Find a company that pays you what you are worth and does not make you cross ethical boundaries. You’ll be so much better off, I promise.
