Pros
Super talented people! Engaging work and collaborative teams. Billing allocation structure for clients works great for employees to avoid tedious time tracking. Seems wonderful but management decisions are trending in a concerning direction.
Cons
Promotions and performance feedback felt inconsistent Clients seem to feel Crema is expensive compared to other agencies, while staff is paid much less than market salary I didn’t feel supported by management outside of skill growth discussions, even when faced with serious project or client concerns. I felt like career questions were never really addressed. Despite employing a fairly high % of women compared to my other experiences in the tech industry, it seemed to me that women were and are under-promoted and potentially underpaid compared to male coworkers of similar experience and roles Patronizing and sexist comments from male leadership seem to go by without apologies or consequences, despite promoting a culture of psychological safety and constant improvement. I saw women and people of color’s perspective’s disregarded. These problems exist throughout the industry, but the response to it insisting that sexism absolutely doesn’t exist there and firing women involved in speaking about it (and fired the primary woman the sexism concerns were about) really disturbed me, especially considering regularly touting a bold people-first culture with open door policies. Christianity is a notable piece of the culture, cliques and company history, if that's not something you're comfortable with at work