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Essense Partners Reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

71% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
7 Mar 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Autonomy - Exceptionally talented designers

Cons

- Lack of strong (any?) management - those seeking the opportunity to learn from others and develop should look elsewhere - Personal relationships (several couples) in a small office leads to favoritism - Poor internal company culture - Dissatisfied clients - Poor workflow management which leads to extremely late nights and weekend work - Random changes to people's titles - Doesn't help people develop, if they don't like something they may fire them with no notice, and often, no severance - No retirement plan - Outrageously expensive healthcare plans - No commuter benefits - only 10 days PTO and very limited holidays

2.0
25 Oct 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The team is great. Everyone is very talented and easy to get along with for the most part. Company growth in terms of clientele is quite impressive.

Cons

First and foremost, it is important to note that the co-founders are married. Though one of them “stepped down,” due to a now deleted Glassdoor review regarding sexual harassment, don’t be fooled. The announcement was only made so that the post would be taken down and he has since continued working for the company remotely. Diversity is not of importance here. In addition to inappropriate comments made towards female employees, the aforementioned co-founder was clear about his indifference to maintaining a diverse workplace. He often doubled downed on this sentiment with comments that fall into what could be deemed the “ignorance trifecta” – homophobic, racist, sexist. Arguably, his best attempt to touch on diversity was when he would mention his attraction to Asian women. The next few points are reflective of reviews written by actual past employees (and not management themselves, who are responsible for a couple, having sent out an email asking employees to write positive posts after a slew of negative ones). If you crave structure, this is not the place for you. Projects are often discussed over several lines of communication, making for an incredibly confusing process. There is either no direction at all or micromanaging from multiple people at once. Management will certainly attribute this to “startup culture,” but in reality, there’s just a huge lack of organization. As mentioned in a previous review, favoritism is 100% present here. The culture has seemingly shifted away from vengeful firings to simply withholding opportunities from those who are not adored by higher ups.

4.0
4 May 2018

A very talented team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone brings something to the table. The combination of skill sets creates a great learning environment and unique approaches to client projects. From team-to-team the talent level is high. There are opportunities to advance quickly and take on a lot of responsibility. You're also given the chance to be in front of clients and manage projects and relationships. The amount of company growth in the past few years is definitely impressive.

Cons

The office environment is pretty much heads down-earphones in. The benefits package does not include a retirement plan and 10 PTO days is pretty low. Receiving internal guidance and feedback on work can sometimes be hard to come by.

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