The culture has taken hit after hit for well over a year now. If not longer. They lost key employees that played foundational roles. When you see genuine people like that leave (or be forced out) you really start paying attention to why.
Very cut-throat office environment. Although a lot of great people still work here, they're starting to leave. The individuals they've brought in over the past couple of years are the types that make you want to watch your back. Lying and throwing others under the bus now seems to be common practice.
They ask their employees to leave 5-star reviews on job sites like this one to bury negative ones.
People that might have been good at their current job get promoted into management positions. There's zero management training and they generally have no management experience -- creating a serious top down issue.
HR is laughable. You'd be better off quitting than taking a serious issue into that office. Salary information for other employees was exposed, employees would learn at the doctor that their insurance coverage was never processed and the Director would rather gossip about other employees than answer a payroll question.
They pay to be included in local rankings. Like "Best of" listings.
Vendors are constantly paid late, putting a strain on vendor relationships.
The CEO needs coaching on how to show appreciation. Usually, his praise sounds more like a backhanded compliment. More often than not, you won't even get that. Very "onto the next" culture.
Raises happen, I'll give them that. But the big ones happen for individuals that skirt responsibilities. The hardest working employees don't get raises or get 1%. It's just hard to stomach knowing that your peer who produces half of what you do gets 10%. And you know this because if HR didn't tell you, the employee did.
Leadership does not care about customers. Every company needs to make money but you can accomplish that without being terrible to those that are the reason you have a job in the first place.
