Don’t believe the hype! - Anonymous employee Brandetize Employee Review

1.0
Aug 4, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You’ll be bombarded with a slew of reasons why working at Brandetize is great (free coffee, a massage chair, stocked kitchen, “unlimited PTO”, the list goes on... problem is that all the pros are overshadowed by so many cons (literally).

Cons

It’s all a bunch of shallow promises that will be shoved in your face constantly in order to remind you “how good you have it”. The PTO is not unlimited because you literally have to beg to take time off (they call it making sure there is adequate coverage, plus you have to request two weeks prior just to take a day off - there is no “I need a day off today”). The “management team” is full of immature “leaders and coaches” who constantly bicker with one another and tear each other down. There is ZERO autonomy in this agency. Every move you make is considered another opportunity to “coach you” - plus, you will be micromanaged to death (weekly check-ins, monthly reviews, quarterly reviews, every Friday you have to tell the leadership how things are going, you are required to be constantly available on multiple communication platforms and you WILL be reprimanded if you don’t instantly respond to management requests - BEWARE unless you like feeling like you do everything wrong every day). Leadership LOVES to hire people and search for ways to fire them (I have never seen so many people in and out the door in a short time period). Forget that you are coming to the table with any experience, because you’ll be asked to just do what you are told. I could keep going, but I’ll sum this up by saying taking a job here will be the biggest mistake you’ve ever made (despite how nice people seem in the interview and all the “perks”). Do yourself a favor and don’t even waste your time applying!

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Brandetize Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are very sorry to hear about your experience at Brandetize. We value all of our current and former employees’ feedback and appreciate you taking the time to share with us so we can continue to improve. Although we would like to receive 2 weeks notice for PTO requests according to our policy, it is also encouraged to reach out to your manager if something comes up when 2 weeks notice is not possible which often happens. Time off requests are rarely rejected even at the last minute and we make a lot of accommodations for time off with managers even suggesting team members take time off if they think it's needed. We would also like to apologize if you feel there may have been a negative impact on your experience because of how we conduct our performance management reviews and feedback processes. As you may know, we rolled out a lot of initiatives in 2020 during our retreat, and have been working to refine our new systems with feedback from the team each quarter. We feel that our current format that we have made adjustments to in the last 3 months benefits the team’s growth and our overall goal to live by our communication and continuous learning core values. After many check-ins with the team and offering opportunities for feedback nobody has expressed a similar negative experience and we wish you the best in finding a better matched role in the future.

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