Archbright is going down hill - Anonymous employee Archbright Employee Review

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We appreciate your contributions over the years and are truly sorry to hear that your time with us ended in a way that left you feeling hurt and disappointed. While we respect your perspective, we would like to provide some additional context. At Archbright, we are committed to fostering a culture of transparency, fairness, and professional growth. Like many organizations, we have had to make difficult business decisions in response to the many external challenges we all face. Layoffs and organizational changes are never easy, and we recognize they can have a significant impact on employees. While we (like many others) did have to make some difficult decisions that impacted some team members last year, we made them proactively to keep Archbright in the healthy financial position it has maintained for 88 years. We also want to acknowledge the importance of performance feedback. Our philosophy has always been to have discussions about employee performance and job satisfaction through regularly held 1:1s and weekly digital check-ins. Performance is measured in many ways and it’s true that not all involuntary separations are due to egregious behavior or conduct. Sometimes, it comes down to an irreconcilable mismatch between the role and person filling it. Performance conversations at Archbright often include conversations about how the employee is feeling about the work they are asked to perform. We give great weight to the importance of engagement and satisfaction with the work each position is expected to produce—believing that the quality and productivity of the work is greatly impacted by an employee’s positive engagement with the work itself. If after many conversations and supportive guidance, it is not possible to align a person’s work wishes with the needed work itself, sometimes the decision to separate is unfortunately necessary. We do recognize that more can always be done when it comes to performance management and are excited to be rolling out a program that includes formal quarterly cycles of performance conversations, in addition to the weekly discussions we currently rely on. Though we feel we hold many conversations with employees before a decision to separate is made, we regret that your experience felt like a blindside to you. We wish you the very best in your future endeavors. Best regards, Archbright Leadership