Terrible company - Anonymous employee ICANotes Employee Review

1.0
17 Nov 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work from home and they have a generous PTO package (you're going to need it).

Cons

Most departments are a revolving door, leading the already poor documentation of policies and procedures to be severely outdated, with opinions about said policies and procedures to change from manager to manager. Support for your day to day role is practically non-existent, as you will get wildly different (and frequently incorrect) answers from various managers, leading you to question most things that you do, causing loss in productivity. Compensation is poor, with "promotion" raises not reflecting the increase in workload or requirements for after hours, on-call requirements. Your day to day workload will already make the compensation not worth the effort, and upper management will try to manipulate you to think you'll be getting a fair raise because of "record profits". Those do not trickle down. Employees that show initiative, skill and promise will be ground into a burned out husk, gas-lit, and verbally abused in private meetings. Things will start out okay, but once you attempt to set any kind of boundary, you will be marked as a "non-team player" and ostracized from the upper management clique. Your responsibilities and the scope of your role will frequently change, adding more pressure to an already taxed work force. Employees are regularly taking sick leave (even past their allotted hours) because of the stress, which adds more stress to those that are showing up for work. When you try to bring issues up to management (as some say they "value your feedback"), they don't listen and deflect any responsibility. A select few people seem to have immunity from any consequence. The support department is a complete mess, with employees regularly quitting, calling out before or during their shifts, or simply not doing the work expected of them. It's hard to blame them as they constantly have to make excuses for the poor software to angry customers, ridiculous turn around on bug fixes and issues due to overworked and leaderless developers, and overall lack of escalation paths that produce any results. The support management should be removed and replaced by a team that actually cares about the mental wellbeing of the team. The support manager as of this writing also does not want the position they're in, which causes issues where they have no respect for their own team. They think that the entire team can be replaced easily by outsourced workers. They have no idea what they're doing, as they've been with the company for less than a year and were a substandard support agent prior to their promotion, to which they were already a 5th round pick for the promotion as literally no other person wanted the role. The owners of the company are far too involved. They have no idea what is best for the company, and when the company was at its peak, the owners had little to no involvement. Now that they are more involved, decisions being made are counterintuitive to the health of the company, including the picks for management roles. Overall, this is a terrible company to work for, and you should run (not walk) away from any "opportunities" presented to you. Your quality of life will only decrease if you choose to work (or continue to work) at ICANotes.

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Pros

Absolutely none. You’re hired to do one job with a clearly defined scope, but within a month the expectations expand far beyond the original role. Responsibilities quickly grow to cover the work of multiple positions, often without additional support, resources, or adjustment in compensation. What begins as a focused role turns into managing several unrelated functions at once, making it difficult to maintain quality and focus on the work you were originally brought in to do.

Cons

One major drawback is the rapid expansion of responsibilities beyond the role you were hired to perform. The position may begin with a clear scope, but within a short period the expectations grow significantly, often covering the responsibilities of several different roles. This can create an environment where priorities constantly shift and it becomes difficult to focus on executing any one function at a high level. Another challenge is the lack of adequate support and resources to manage the increased workload. When multiple roles are effectively combined into one position, the volume and complexity of work can become difficult to sustain long term. Without additional team support, clear structure, or realistic expectations, the workload can quickly lead to inefficiencies and make it harder to produce consistent, high-quality results.

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