Pros
You can work remote mostly.
Cons
This place has the worst communication ever and consistently will let people go to reorganize the organization to accommodate an unnecessary higher up add on or save money. They will give you an inaccurate reason for your departure without presenting any type of proof. On top of that, the manager I had didn’t even live in NY, but California, and would gaslight because she has the worst memory, communications, and does not know how to run a team. There are way too many forms of communication that you would never get an answer to anything but somehow you will be the one at fault! If I sent 2 emails, 3 Teams messages, and a call and you were not available, but you put the blame on me and say I didn’t try hard enough or didn’t do it at all, you should not be the leader of any Communications team. And the micromanaging was the worst I have ever experienced from any company for a position that did not require anyone looking over my shoulder. I created a Asana table that tracked projects and time frames so the team could see my workload and availability to take on more work. For whatever reason, that wasn’t enough and randomly I had to contact her every morning to tell her what I’m working on and also present it in the team meetings. I was updating the team on my work constantly in person and meetings already. I was doing more tracking than designing! I was hired to be the brand manager but they didn’t even allow me to do my job! Apparently any accredited knowledge from my education was rarely considered and the external comms director thought she was an art director. Her only feedback to designers were “make it pop”, which I expressed was never helpful and I needed details and reasons behind changing anything brand related because my job is brand consistency and I have a process. Her famous quote “it doesn’t resonate with me” is not helpful to any project. She wanted me to basically design through her vision only, which usually never followed brand guidelines and it just seemed she wanted full credit vs a team effort to produce quality results. This job was all about quantity over quality. And when it comes to following policies, the people I worked closely with did not follow a simple rule, which is, not having your kids interfere with your work environment while remote. I had my first child and they were sure to let me know she has to be in daycare or somewhere she wasn’t interfering with my job. Never did my child interfere with my work at the establishment. My wife was watching her in another room some days and others, she would be in daycare. I was confronted once by HR because my manager assumed my child was interfering with work results when in reality, it was the manager and horrible communication. And when it came to the policy, the manager and external comms director both had their kids talking to us on Zoom calls interfering with the progress of meetings. There also was a time I expressed I was experiencing burnout. This definitely occurred due to the gaslighting and micromanaging that created lack of inspiration. My mention of burnout was not taken seriously. It felt like certain staff had hidden benefits so they could take off when needed. When I took a mental health day, there was a question of why as if I needed to validate taking care of myself. When I was let go, I tried to retrieve any possible design work and project files I could use to adjust my portfolio. First of all, they eliminate access immediately when someone is let go from the company. Second, I’m a designer and 9/10 I need to go through a lot of designs to figure out what to use to sell myself for my next job and how to present it. They denied my request and said all work created under them belongs only to them. Any work I wanted, they said go on social media or their website and get it. Some of the work is not of a resolution that can be used in a portfolio and a lot if what I was asking for is not public facing, especially any “behind the scenes” branding files that was part of my process that would help me obtain another job. I tried to explain to them some projects I needed but I needed to know every file name off the top of my head. The items I did receive were not 100% accurate and I communicated this and that it was hard for me to tell them which files I needed. They ignored that last email for almost 2 months until I decided to reconnect to try to get the requested items. I thought they were just trying to figure out a solution that would help me get my work. They basically moved on…. This job was disrespectful in so many ways…. The gaslighting had me breakdown in tears multiple occasions. This is not a place for growth.