Yikes - Anonymous employee Blavity Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Exceptional people with a diverse set of backgrounds!

Cons

I could write a book about how horrible working at Blavity is, but it seems some other reviewers have covered a lot of what I’d point out. The root of most of Blavity’s problems is simple though…2 words: Morgan DeBaun! I suspect that Morgan has been allowed to remain the CEO for this long due to the potential optics and how she would frame it if she was to be fired…nothing else makes sense. She is simply a bad CEO. I wanted to like this woman so much. Think about it: A young, talented, and accomplished black woman running a team of exceptional individuals…I was on board instantly! But then you start to witness how much this woman behaves like a teenager…bizarre, to say the least. Not to say that every single person who works here hates it, buuuuut a dangerously high number of people are planning their escape. I love that we’re soliciting fake reviews again…that’s how you know the ship is sinking. One of the latest very “real” reviewers said: “I think that management/leadership needs to be less hesitant to let people go.” I haven’t laughed this hard in a while…Morgan would fire you if she didn’t like what you ate for breakfast this morning. How sad that the ship is sinking this badly that we need people to come on here and lie for us. Join this company at your own risk! You’ve been warned.

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Blavity Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective. As we continue to evolve the company culture, we are looking to build out new internal structures that aid employees and Hiring Managers to create open and transparent dialogue; regular cadence of feedback on employee performance; feedback on Executive communication and Leadership styles. The goal is to create and strengthen transparency and trust among employees, People Leaders, and the Executives. As an organization, we can all learn from each other, take a collective responsibility, and continuously work to collaborate as one unit to achieve our company Mission and Vision.

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