Supportive CEO but toxic competition among employees - Manager IT Ferrara Employee Review

2.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

CEO is friendly and believes in doing the right thing; still says he supports DEI and did not eliminate any related initiatives. Pay is competitive; strong BRGS.

Cons

Must be part of a clique or you will not last long with the company. Your work products may have someone else's name on it if you don't pay attention. No development of resources, your manager will compete with you and make you look bad so you are not competitive with them.

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5.0
Feb 6, 2024
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Pros

Very supportive, learned a lot

Cons

Not many people get return offers

1.0
Aug 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Based in Chicago by Union Station - 401k match - Talented individual contributors being hired in the less-than-10-yrs-experience group

Cons

- Poor benefits (worst I have seen) - Misguided DEI initiatives (can't accurately assess absence of talent in minority leaders and executives - which is a point of contention amongst minority team members who, rightly, see these individuals as an embarassment) - Poor vacation - No work life balance (work always comes first - they will literally ask you to travel out of country and then ask if you can stay AN ADDITIONAL MONTH when you get there - who does that??? and your weekends are no more if you travel out of the country!) - Sexism (females are treated differently on some teams and are not "favorites", get given most of the team admin work, and are held to higher standards than male counterparts) - Inept HR only used to protect executive leadership, and not responding in a meaningful way to employeesurvey findings or complaints; also recruiting misrepresents roles and company culture when hiring) - Poor culture (lead by authoritarian leaders who lead via intimidation and singling people out)

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