Rude managers, inefficient processes, mandatory working Saturdays - Anonymous employee Photon Employee Review

1.0
26 Feb 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no pros working with them.

Cons

The first day I joined was absolute chaos. Everyone is very rude to each other, everyone is in a bad mood all the time. When I joined, I was not aware that Saturday’s are mandatory working days. No work/life balance. I was interrogated and yelled at the first week, I have never experienced an environment like this where I was so disrespected. Their work processes are inefficient and tedious. 10 google docs to do one simple task. I was provided no training and had to figure things out on my own. You are set up to fail from the beginning and you will get yelled at by the managers for not moving fast enough, even if you’ve been here a week. The work culture is toxic, the managers are unpleasant. I would recommend to stay away from this place.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Can be on interesting projects Some really good people If on correct team can be very good conditions such as remote work

Cons

Zero opportunities for growth Limited to no work/life balance No Severance Do not pay when on the bench Wrong team or manager the hr insanity can make it rough (One year they decided july 4th was not a holiday another they decided to lower the salary and increase the percentage that was bonus effectually giving everyone a pay cut).. Honestly a 2 might being generous but i have worked with some nice people there and the vast majority of the people were nice and good just wanting to get the job done . Any 5s are probably fake or the lucky few that do not have to deal with Photon Hr.

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