Awful in EVERY WAY - Anonymous employee Balance Me Employee Review

1.0
Mar 18, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You will never forget to ask in an interview what the staff turnover is. If it's high that is a huge indicator that something is not right. Especially when a director of the company who was the only one who seemed to bring anything good to the company mysteriously disappears. Any job you ever have after here will be a million times better, it cannot get any worse.

Cons

You will be employed to do a specific job, however after a month or so they will start to micro manage you. You will then become a puppet doing what they want, as they suck out your soul and chip away at your confidence. They have issues with power and ego, they can't handle other people doing a job better than them and they can't bear to relinquish responsibility so they micro manage and make your life hell. Another way their egos have a hugely negative effect is they mainly employ woman and if they see you to be more attractive, more intelligent, in any way better than them, they get incredibly jealous and will make your life a misery. They must always be the queen bees in the office. They are a hugely dishonest company who lack accountability. I can't emphasise enough how awful a place this is. Do not waste your time even considering a job there.

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1.0
Feb 21, 2024
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Pros

The people who I worked with who are at the same level as me have been very wonderful. I felt part of the team early on because of them.

Cons

The role I was hired for was not as advertised. They advertised a junior role but in reality the business needed (or wanted) an executive or director level role. Trying to manage the 12+ accounts on my own without any support or guidance, with a boss who spoke to me (in front of others) in an underhanded, dismissive, and derogatory way caused self doubt in my abilities, which caused stress and overwork, which was quickly leading towards burnout within just four months of starting. When a family member passed away early on when I joined, I was not offered any bereavement leave. When I tried to book holiday, I was told to change my dates despite no communication from my boss before hand that she was planning to take time off at the same time -- even though there is a joint calendar for everyone to put in their holiday/time off in. We are not told until the day of when upper management is unavailable either due to holiday or business trips. The goal posts keep changing without proper communication from upper management and we are all expected to just adapt and help out without consulting us on what we have scope to take on. There are hardly any if at all acknowledgement of achievements accomplished and whatever is completely is not given the positive feedback one might expect from getting it done, even if helpful and constructive critiques could be made. 10/10 would not recommend working here. Hearing early on that the company has a high turnover should have been the first red flag, but after coming out from working at somewhere else where I had been overworked and underappreciated I could not see the signs until it was too late. Additionally, the people doing my interviews did not know or understand the full scope of what the role would need, which leant itself to the false promise of achievable workload vs. the businesses expectations.

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4.0
Feb 15, 2024
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Pros

lots of hands on experience and fast paced environment, company cares about the planet

Cons

not a huge room for professional growth

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