Terrible Leadership, Terrible Product, Terrible Company - Sales Representative Cognism Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Being able to work remotely provided flexibility

Cons

Management is truly awful. When they laid off one of our team members I asked if I should be concerned about job security. They told me I was doing really well and had nothing to worry about. Then the put me on a PIP for 3 months. The goal for the PIP was unreasonable. It was something no one on our team had accomplished before. After the first month they said I was improving and wanted to extend it. Then they extended it again. During this process I kept asking for clarity. Will I be let go immediately or is there a transition period? How does that impact health insurance and benefits? How should I handle the transfer of things in Salesforce? My manager told me all of that will be clarified when we meet with HR. When we met with HR I was told that day would be my last day and my benefits, including health insurance, would expire in 3 days. Meanwhile their CEO posted on LinkedIn that day on how the majority of their employees come off of PIPs and how they work with those employees to find a new role within the company; something that was never discussed with me during my time. Management is clueless and inept.

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Cognism Response
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I am sorry that your role at Cognism did not work out. In the majority of cases PIPS are successful and employees have accelerated in their careers when they have completed them. Cognism should support employees and provide the training and support to make them successful in their role. I would hope that every employee feels there is an open door where they can bring a complaint directly to me if they are not getting the support they need to be successful. In cases when there is a disciplinary issue, and an HR /legal process is already running management cannot become involved until that process is complete. If you feel you were unfairly treated feel free to outreach to me and I would be happy to listen and discuss. You can email me at james.isilay@cognism.com

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