Dodgy company pretending to be professionals - Anonymous employee XL Event Lab Employee Review

1.0
2 Apr 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There has to be some I guess, but I sure didn't find any

Cons

The senior management are the most incompetent, controlling and expert gas-lighters you will ever have the misfortune of meeting. "Head of Digital" doesn't know his top line stats even on a weekly basis, can't organize a VOIP call let alone run a department. This is clearly a few mates who are having a go at playing entrepreneurs with no business, sales or management/execution skills to speak of. The project sounds cool, like it has potential and could be a great money spinner. But get past the flashy website and big words, all that's there is a registered address in a shared virtual office space with a few people scattered across the globe misleading grads and freelancers alike.

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3.0
26 Aug 2023
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Pros

Team environment, traveling, paid hotels and airfare, company vehicles, set salary, growing company

Cons

Long hours, no hopes of full-time work, quick to fire so they are always very short staffed (typical turnover is 2-6 weeks), no work place security, poor management, and no set chain of command.

2.0
30 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Jobs can be done by high schoolers, which explains the low pay Some in office snacks One person that works there is very nice

Cons

Micromanaged, there is a lot of "restructuring" which leads to relearning processes every few weeks and then inevitably doing something wrong, dodgy business practices, LOTS of unpaid vendors and threats to collections, at least one person got fired a month because they can't afford to pay them or the person makes a handful of mistakes, they don't reimburse anything a normal company would (travel), they are so stingy and can't be profitable, they will run their business into the ground No upward movement, no raises, no benefits, very toxic and degrading work environment The rules are different for each employee, some get to work from home, some don't, it depends on who they like and seniority

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