Can I give it zero stars? - Editor Manifest Employee Review

1.0
21 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well, they sure laid it on thick with a generous salary for experienced talent, and I guess the weekly happy hours were a nice touch.

Cons

Seriously, what company experiences two mass layoffs in the same year? After going through a mass downsize earlier in the year, Manifest tapped all this incredible talent from across the board, shoving 200 people into an ill-equipped office for roughly six months, where upwards from 6 to 10 people would be shoved in an office or a conference room turned into a make-shift office. It's the only place I've ever worked that I routinely had meetings in the lobby because there was nowhere to hold a private meeting. Talent had been baited with considerable work and an impressive portfolio, promises of growth, a flashy new office to meet demands, and rewarding company culture. What was delivered was a disorganized shell of an organization. New staff were brought on without any on-boarding, piecing together the mess their accounts were left in. Some people were brought on with no work, sitting at their desks for a full month without anything to do. Plans were scrapped to move to the new office. Upper management was completely invisible. It was entirely bait-and-switch. Don't be fooled by any promises of revamping or changing—this company is a total tire fire.

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5.0
27 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Nice, smart people, collaborative environment.

Cons

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1.0
7 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutely none. 0/10 would not recommend.

Cons

Weak leadership accountability, ineffective management oversight, poor communication, and a culture where issues were allowed to persist instead of being meaningfully addressed. Leadership was more ornamental than functional, with an emphasis on optics and messaging over employee advocacy, transparency, and effective decision-making. The layoff process was impersonal and reinforced many of the same structural issues employees had already been navigating internally.

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