High Turnover Rate - Anonymous employee Highwire Employee Review

2.0
28 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

amazing clients, nice perks (paid lunches, trainings, team outings and happy hours) & solid work experience. a few down to earth employees who actually care about teams/client work/junior staff.

Cons

stress and fear driven atmosphere, but used perks to make up for it. VERY gossipy (and at times unprofessional) work environment, long hours (lots of unpaid overtime), & lack of support for junior staff. high turnover rate; everyone seems to be leaving for other opportunities (i've seen a number of people leave since i started). CONSTANT fire drills and managers would constantly delegate more work than take on their fair share of the team's load.

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Pros

- One of the few companies that have kept their DEI initiatives. - Hybrid schedule

Cons

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