Ivory Tower Atmosphere of Misery - Anonymous employee The Washington Post Employee Review

1.0
21 Jul 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Readership is growing, and Bezos has inspired drive for innovation. New headquarters building in DC is clean and nice.

Cons

Upper management is cleaning house, mostly female managers disappearing. Very little interaction between CRO and sales, same method he did with Time - get rid of majority of existing middle management, leaving the scared few as henchmen to start cleaning out salesforce. They are not above manipulating the numbers to 'entice' employees to leave, yet offering packages to walk out the door. CRO fails to interact with the majority, and demands hires of those he knows or specifies the company he wants them to come from. Atmosphere of fear, distrust and misery. I would not recommend working for this heartless company, as they treat sales terrible, especially women over the age of 40. Thankless job for management, as most disappear unless they become yes-men regardless of impact on others or their own dignity. Compensation is lacking, and they are not above making changes without telling you.

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