A whole lot has changed at this once truly great organization and previously amazing workplace.
This used to be a wonderful community of likeminded, dedicated individuals who worked together well and deeply cared about each other, the company and the shared mission.
A true “family- run” business.
Now it is a far cry from that.
I am not sure what exactly changed or when this change happened, but it has turned into a cesspool of lies, favoritism and treating employees unfairly without any care for “losses” and human collateral.
People are being let go in seemingly random patterns.
“Downsizing”, “Re-structuring”, “Re-organization” are just a few of the red flag words.
Employees and managers are being turned against each other.
Outwardly, they pride themselves in “hiring and firing by their core values”, but that does not stand completely true because some people who were previously recognized for following these “sacred” core values are amongst the people who are now not working there anymore.
Truth is: THEY cherry pick and choose who gets “hired and fired” by their core values.
If they don’t like you or if management needs a reason – They will just make up a “Core Values” violation and guess what? Out the door you go.
They don’t care if things actually happened that way or if a story was made up or falsified.
Situations like that have happened far more often than I can count recently.
In the end, it’s an At Will Employment and they don’t really need a reason to let you go, BUT don’t pride yourselves on honoring your company’s Core Values when not everybody is held to the same standards.
The disregard for human beings and basic decency ripples through all levels of the company.
The people that are not being let go are constantly walking on eggshells and many are scoping out the job market because they are afraid of what is to come.
Turnover is at an all time high.
Often times, qualified people are being overlooked for promotions and they would rather hire from the outside instead of promoting a qualified individual from the inside.
Working there feels like walking on eggshells all the time.
Don’t make too much noise, don’t put a target on your back, comply with what you are told and don’t question things .
One thing I will say is that the owners truly are wonderful people. Good at heart. However, I doubt they know the full scope of what’s been going on.
It all comes down to this: Everybody needs to make their own experience, but before you accept a job offer there, be warned and strongly advised that not all that glitters is gold and it is by far not as amazing there as they make it sound.
