Shell of its former self - Anonymous employee SmugMug Employee Review

1.0
19 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of good people work here. Lifestyle company - lunch provided, cool HQ, unlimited time off and dog friendly. Everyone is very passionate about photography.

Cons

Most of management is lacking vision. Since co-founder Baldy left, the company has no clear direction. Very little diversity in management too - all straight, white men and one lone, white woman after every single POC was removed about a year ago (as well as a second woman and LGBT male). There is no strategy at all and most projects are either a "quick fix" to put out a fire or takes forever to complete because deadlines are non-existent. Morale is very low, which has led a lot of great employees to leave. Members of the People team (HR and recruiting) are some of the company's biggest gossips and nothing ever remains totally confidential. Its become a pretty toxic working environment.

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Cons

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