Aimlessly High - Director Aim High Consulting Employee Review

None worth mentioning unless you count learning exactly what kind of workplace to avoid in the future.

Working at Aim High was the single most demoralizing, dysfunctional experience of my career thus far. Fresh out of graduation, i walked into this agency, only to spend months doing absolutely nothing, thanks to endless days in assigning me to a team. I was underpaid, over-commuted, and essentially ghosted by management while wasting my early career days in a crumbling office space. When i was finally placed in a team, I was paired with a manager who was not just a poor communicator- he was actively hostile and rude towards me and incapable of functioning as a leader. No breifings, constant micromanagement, and power tripping emails that bordered on unprofessional harassment. When I escalated this to higher ups (specifically the director), it seemed like things would change but I was tossed back into the same toxic loop- ignored in meetings, iced out of internal updates, and then made to lead accounts out of spite. The culture at this agency is rotten to the core. Management is a masterclass in gaslighting. The same people who promise to "resolve issues" will throw you under the bus the moment you push back. I was eventually forced to resign under the threat of layoff, given less than 12 hours to submit a resignation letter, and only paid fairly after I called out a vioilation of their own contract terms. I dont know how this place is up and running for 17 years. And yes, I was conveniently let go just weeks before my one year bonus would have kicked in. Classic move. The workspace is filthy with barely functional washrooms (only one for women). The AC belongs in a museum and the Wi-Fi and desktops are from the Stone Age. The walls are peeling, the chairs are broken and there is absolutely no ergonomic setting what soever. The co-founders promises a "fix" everytime issues are raised- only to do absolutely nothing. For years. Everything about this place screams disregard- for employee wellbeing, professional growth, and basic human decency. Senior executives are arrogant, out of touch, and more concerned with ego over output. If you're reading this and considering working here, don't. There are sweatshops with more structure and dignity than this place.

Till the time you are performing extraordinarily well, without any support of the company, the CEO or COO, even the directors who are enjoying the blind trust of the founders for being there for over decades, forgetting about your personal life and wellbeing, you are shown little respect (but not paid even closer to the industry standard).

As soon as your performance dips even by an iota, your life, self respect, morale, everything will be crushed in a second! Even though the reasons could be any -as a result of the pandemic, no team member, no support from the directors, the CEO or COO. No logic matters. Founders live in their own fancy world, somewhere far away from the real world and refuse to take up any responsibility of driving an account, even if its gone on ventilator; after charging a bomb from the smallest of the clients and putting all the pressure of delivering on the younger team members. All in all, loss of self worth, meagre learning, no evolving, become a puppet of the higher levels and freeze your brain in order pamper the egos of the people sitting at the top level because if you try to put out your thoughts, an idea or a suggestion, you'll be shunned and belittled infront of the world (be it the most junior team members who look up to you).