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1.0
Aug 2, 2019
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Pros

Some Benefits- but 401 k was actually insignificant after more than a year working there.

Cons

This is the first and only time in which I worked for a company where the norm is that the customer isn’t first, and shows very contradictory culture with the company values they claim to stand by. Lots of micromanaging and stress. They fired people left and right within first year for the most ridiculous reasons. If you got sick one day, it would count as “dependability issues” and that is one of the reasoning for firing that was used in my case (I used one single sick day in a year and a half, but my manager wanted it on my record for six months). Sick days come out of your vacation days. I was one of the last ones from my hiring group to survive the firing. My manager received company-wide recognition for embodiment of the company values! That should have told me something. I was lured into this place because they “advertise” as Best Place to Work. I found it’s a paid ad when it was too late.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, hybrid work arrangement is flexible (you can choose your 3 days in office)

Cons

Tenure and friendship is valued more than actual skillsets. Many people in Ops have no formal college education or true technical skills, and have been complacent in the dept for 10+ years. This leads to inefficient and stale processes that are reluctant to change. The culture is extremely passive aggressive and long-tenured employees are not welcoming to new hires from outside of the organization. People will go out of their way to sabotage opportunities for those offering new perspectives with greater value add. This causes forced interactions with low value collaboration. Many in analytical roles do not even understand basic Microsoft Office skills, Excel functions, V/XLOOKUPS, etc. and data is often reviewed manually per line item… This company is run like a low budget mom and pop shop where inefficient and backwards practices are toxically in circulation.

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