Don't judge this book by the cover. It may look fun and cool, but they are soul crushers. - Anonymous employee Barkley Employee Review

1.0
Apr 18, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free beer. Cool building. Decent clients.

Cons

This place crushed me. I've never seen a more political, clique-centric "professional" environment in my life. Don't challenge the cool kids or you're out. For good. Don't expect to get any developmental feedback either. If they don't think you're where you need to be for your role, you will be set up to fail rather than course-corrected. Leadership and the people in the cool circle are only in it for themselves. Egos drive everything. I'd even venture to call a few of them downright nefarious. Run away and don't look back.

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