Superbolt Reviews

- Company says they value work-life balance, but senior members praises committed employees who are willing to put in 12 hour work days when necessary...and if you commit to that, your manager might start expecting 12 hour work days to be your standard... - You'll move up if you're all in, but I noticed that the most loyal employees were often the ones exploited into working longer hours. - Depending on who your immediate manager/boss is, there might be a toxic undertone that slowly chips away at your mental health. My manager is a good person but lacked sufficient emotional intelligence and leadership skills so I realized this wasn't the right place for me to learn management skills. - Top-down management culture: My manager was the type to always had to be right that sometimes, it became hypocritical. It felt like the things she did incorrectly was overlooked by herself but it was okay to blame me. When I voiced opinions/ideas that were contradicting, they were often shut down immediately. I realized the team dynamic was great for someone who values hierarchy and follows rigid rules, but as someone values autonomy and creative, out-of-the-box thinking, the relationship I had with my manager was not sustainable for me. - Was nice and rainbows at first but became condescending in the last few months I worked there. At first, you tell yourself that it's not personal but when my manager's tone goes from ass-kissing to someone else to immediately being defensive and condensing to me in a split second, it hard not to take it personally. - When I brought up teamwork/culture frustrations, instead of listening, my manager somehow always managed to flip the issue to highlight that I was the problem. The senior management did absolutely nothing and essentially allowed my manager free rein. Maybe I'm not fit for corporate life, but it's quite hard to build a lasting relationship when I'm constantly walking on eggshells... - Valued her time and the time of those above her way more than her associates so essentially, I was less of a person comparably - Sometimes felt like a robot used to meet seniors' agendas than actually being developed as a person or contributor to society. It's also a scaling company where you either move up or move out so there's no room to move sideways or explore a different way you'd like to contribute to the team/agency. The promotion/position is predefined and inflexible.

Employees are not valued - the senior management creates an extremely toxic workforce. Everything seems like rainbows at first; however, the company only values their online image and asks employees to write reviews on Glassdoor to hide some of the true experiences from employees within the company. That said, there is no freedom for employees at a lower level to express their thinking when it comes to strategy. The senior leadership will not change their thinking for best practices (they have been using the same best practice for YEARS) even though the marketing landscape is constantly changing. They will then impose their thinking on you without allowing another POV. Your POV is your most valuable trait in the industry, and you are not encouraged to flex that at Superbolt. If there is an expedited client pitch deliverable (expedited because the senior leadership cannot create realistic timelines with clients), the associates are expected to work on the decks beyond work hours or even over national holidays. This would be fine if the leadership team was also working on these decks; however, the leadership team takes their time off and enjoys the holidays.