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I must strongly disagree with everything in your review. There are a lot of serious allegations here, so I will address each one:
(1) First, LyntonWeb was established and in business since 1999 operating as a sole proprietorship. Due to growth from 2009 onward, the S-Corp was filed in 2010. The history of our company is well known by everyone on our team.
(2) Second, no one would ever imply that food or drink we provide to employees should be paid for. If that were the case we would have a vending machine.
(3) There is no inexpensive labor on our team. Yes we hire contractors for short-term or as-needed projects. Some contract-to-hire opportunities are based on individual performance. Your implication that we mislead people into these types of opportunities is false.
(4) We do not expect long hours from our team and do what we can to avoid it. We have great hard-working people, some who put in extra hours when needed to meet deadlines, learn new skills, or catch up from being out. They do this because they care about their clients, their team, and meeting a goal. I am personally proud of the work/life balance that our entire team including myself enjoys.
(5) We are pretty transparent about who we are, and we are a small business. We happen to have a great reputation and work with clients from all over the world. Growing a digital agency from $300,000 to over $2 million and scaling the team takes someone with a bit of business acumen. Mistakes will be made, but if we behaved as you described we would in no way be where we are today.
If this is indeed a true former employee, I'm sorry that you feel there's nothing that can save us. Fortunately we don't need saving. I question the validity of this review, but I hope I've addressed the concerns and allegations for anyone interested in the other side of the story.