People are disposable- surprise layoffs while actively hiring for the same positions for cheaper salary. No consideration of employee's value to the project, experience, and evaluation results while making decisions on workforce reductions.
Code and Theory Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We have been going through a lot of change recently with the merging of two companies and doing our best to ensure we have the right people in the right roles. We have been taking each department and having a look at our staff, their skills and what we need to best serve our clients and teams and unfortunately sometimes that means we have to part with our colleagues. It's never easy but sometimes we have to make tough decisions to do the right thing for the health of the company and our clients/projects. We take a lot of time and consideration for every termination we do whether it be for performance or business reasons but we realize on the outside it's very hard to see that sometimes. I see that you still work at Code and Theory so if you ever want to chat more about this, please do reach out and I am happy to help. You can reach me at pamela.delbene@codeandtheory.com or send me slack.
Consistent workload, interesting projects, direct team was great and I enjoyed our rapport. Got great experience with big brands.
Cons
Senior management literally had group chats to talk about which employees they hated, and would laugh about firing people. Would get screamed at over text or phone if one of us tried to leave at a normal time, even if directly told we were able to leave at the end of the workday. "Flexible unlimited pto" but shamed for taking it, often penalized. Overtime was expected and not well compensated, they would rarely sometimes offer to buy us takeout but very rarely.