Not as it seems - Anonymous employee Cision Employee Review

1.0
28 Sept 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Front line reps willing and happy to help each other out. Occasional happy hours, if your work schedule allows. Free coffee and soda.

Cons

The culture they talk about no longer exists. It's been lost through all the mergers and acquisitions in recent years. Lack of leadership throughout the organization. Upper management is not connected, putting so many administrative tasks on middle management that the front line staff cannot receive the time or attention they need to develop and grow. Living more and more by the "do more with less" mantra.

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Pros

Allows for a professional development, flexible PTO and work life balance

Cons

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2.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

Decent work life balance, some good teammates who care about each other and the company makes payroll on time (for most people)

Cons

The executives can’t stand each other and can’t make decisions, so the rest of us were left running in circles. Revenue has declined every year and it keeps getting worse. We had at least 4 layoffs a year and they never communicate them — one day your coworkers just don’t show up. Everyone is constantly looking over their shoulder. The best people have already left because they see the writing on the wall. The products aren’t good and aren’t getting better. They keep talking about Nexus but no one knows what it means or who even wants it. Numbers change depending on who’s presenting them and why. There’s no consistent story on targets internally, which makes it impossible to plan or prioritize anything. PE ownership and puppets in the C Suite meant that every decision gets filtered through “what does this look like for the exit” rather than what’s actually good for the business or the people in it. Compensation hasn’t kept up, especially after layoffs when your workload doubles and nothing changes in your paycheck. No real investment in development either. Bottom line: you’re a headcount, not a person. And they manage by spreadsheet not logic.

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