Horrible place to work - Anonymous employee Big Red Employee Review

1.0
23 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and incredible 401(k). Stocked kitchen.

Cons

Toxic company culture led by dishonest senior management. Employee happiness, engagement and development is not a priority, or even a concern. There is zero transparency between senior management and employees, which creates a fearful environment. Employees like to gossip about CEO monitoring emails and instant messages. Criticism is rarely constructive and senior management goes out of the way to not praise a job well-done or recognize employee contributions. Marketing teams are not encouraged to collaborate - senior management does not meet with department outside of what's absolutely necessary. Similarly, marketing department leadership aims for accomplishing 'good enough' with as little resources as possible and doesn't invest in its own success. All work is subject to leadership's emotional judgement rather than metrics. Marketing employees are not given freedom to operate and creative ideation suffers due to micromanagement. If you are a talented, creative marketer and want to work in a positive work environment...this is not the place for you.

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5.0
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Pros

great team and management. Work was something to look forward to every day.

Cons

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2.0
23 Sept 2015
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Pros

Great/generous company-paid benefits, good work life balance, fully stocked kitchen. Office hours 9a-6p, very manageable pace and volume of work. Friendly coworkers, super IT. VP of Sales a strong, committed leader.

Cons

Employees and employee engagement not important to leadership. No emphasis on building effective teams or to simply creating an environment people want to work in. High turnover results from management’s clear lack of trust in employees at every level. Very low tolerance for new ideas or taking risks. All-male leadership team permits sexist, old-fashioned and demeaning commentary towards women during open meetings. Departments are kept separate and working with different departments collaboratively is frowned upon. Top leadership takes a narrow view of what each department is “supposed to do” and employees are reprimanded when working too openly with other departments. Decision making process is typically emotional vs. rational and often appears to be driven by fear and distrust. Marketing is not respected as a function; it is a sales-led company that treats marketing as a support group instead of a strategic driver. Traditional CPG brand managers or general-management-style marketers need not apply here; the department doesn’t work that way, and doesn’t seem to want to.

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