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Unfulfilling, Underpaid - Anonymous employee LearnVest Employee Review

1.0
15 Dec 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• There are a handful of really great people here. Unfortunately those people leave quickly. • Health insurance and snacks are the only great benefit here. Their health insurance is top notch. • The mission (if management actually cared about it and stopped making it a smoke and mirrors show) is an honorable one.

Cons

• It's a huge popularity contest. Everything here revolves around politics. Many people there were fake. This culture makes it hard to get anything done. • Upper management does not care about you or the mission. Their top priority is to prepare this company to be sold to whoever will pay the most (although they'll never admit that). • Benefits don't match what's advertised. Never any time to take vacation. Employee equity grants are small and negligible. Compensation is below average for all but a few positions. • They'll promote people who are winning the popularity contest and not necessarily the best for the role. • You will never leave at a reasonable hour or have a social life. They love offering free alcohol so you can enjoy your social life at work. • Management will make a decision and then reverse it soon after. This is a normal occurrence. They can't seem to make up their mind with anything. During my time there, a lot of time was lost because of this. • HR doesn't care about the people. Worst people-ops team I've ever seen at a company. No communication, mismanaged. Sub-par compensation and bonuses.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
5 Nov 2015
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Pros

Got an office manager so we now always have great food and snacks. Free lunch once a week. Paid full time for part time work.

Cons

Not been stable. Constant change and no clear path. A lot of hype and talk about NM leading into the buyout and talks and promises afterwards. Still a lot of change and BS from management. They say there is transparency but not really. New management in operations and sounded good at first but now back to normal. Seems like NM is the focus and regular LV is left alone. Lost many planners to the transition team or quitting. Impact of losing lots of staff after the transition can be seen in felt. people mumble and complain a lot behind close doors but know that it goes no where with management. Not a place to grow in your career. Recommend to people in year 1 or 2 but after that go to a planning firm to grow. Company is automating the whole process. Did not come here to be a non-thinker. Treated like we don't have brains.

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