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The worst company culture - Anonymous employee Antipodes Nature Employee Review

1.0
Mar 9, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A beautiful office is great, but it loses its significance if the environment is toxic. While some people are genuinely nice and have become my friends, others are difficult and impossible to work with.

Cons

The company culture is the worst I have ever experienced. Whatever positive things the management claims are not true. The flexible hours approach is impossible to use, as meetings are always scheduled outside of core hours. They call the structure flat, but they don't have a clue about what a flat structure is. The management lies to partners, clients, and employees about everything, including the products. Any information you get from them, you have to triple-check if it's actually true. The company structure is unclear and hierarchical; titles do not represent the actual work people do, and duties can be added anytime without reconsidering compensation, with the blame placed on the individual for not knowing in advance. Communication is very poor, lacking respect, with constant pressure and yelling, even laughter when someone makes a mistake. The entire business seems to exist solely to make the owner happy, a sentiment explicitly expressed in many meetings. Best practices and rational decision-making don't matter; what matters is making the owner happy because she is the one paying you. So, you're expected to shut up and do what you are told. The management acts as if they know everything, not valuing specialists but wanting people to blindly follow orders. Regardless of your efforts, they will find something to yell at you about.

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Pros

If you’re a friend or family member of the founder, it’s easy to get a job and coast without much accountability.

Cons

• Toxic work culture: weekend emails, long overtime hours, constant pressure. • Management often resorts to yelling instead of supporting staff. • Witnessed people crying in meetings due to the stress. • Favoritism and nepotism are rampant — hard work is not rewarded fairly. • Very poor treatment of employees overall.

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2.0
Apr 30, 2025
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Pros

Nice building and office cubicles Free coffee and snacks Some friendly and genuine colleagues

Cons

The manager micro managed everything - they don’t need you to think, just do what you are told step by step. That doesn’t make you a better person in your career, all they need is someone who purely assists in fulfilling their bigger goals. It’s toxic, it makes you wonder if you’re really not that good at the job - glad I’m not there anymore and have realized that it’s the bad management - no one is perfect but good management encourages you to improve and grow, while their management keeps picking up on you and ask ‘why didn’t you do EXACTLY what you were told to do?’. Also, lack of human touch. Never thought there would be a company did zero for Christmas, no Christmas tree or anything telling you ‘hey, merry Christmas’. The only thing kept reminding you it was around the end of December was the every day meeting - ‘I know holiday is just coming guys but make sure your December budgets are met’. Btw, it made you feel worse and pitier when another team did secret Santa while your team was in the meeting room working like today is the end of the world. Last, the company asked for more than what they could give. They may let you be an executive yet you are simply an assistant to your manager, one inch straying away from the set track you’ll be dragged back. But of course you could be living in your dream if you didn’t like thinking on your own anyway. P.S. strictly no WFH - but they always make that really clear when hiring people. Not for you if you require WFH days because no room for discussion.

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