A sinking ship - Data Implementation Specialist Fourth Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are some genuinely talented workers who remain at Fourth.

Cons

Leadership recently laid off two entire teams with little to no warning, replacing them with outsourced labor in a blatant cost-cutting move. This wasn’t a strategic shift—it was a desperate, shortsighted decision made at the expense of skilled, loyal employees. Morale has collapsed, communication is nearly nonexistent, and those left behind are scrambling to pick up the pieces without support or direction. Critical institutional knowledge was lost overnight, and the new outsourced staff will be thrown into the deep end with no real onboarding or context. Turnover is constant, trust is completely eroded, and leadership continues to double down on decisions that hurt both product quality and internal culture. If you're looking for stability, growth, or any semblance of long-term vision—look elsewhere. The day-to-day work is painfully manual and inefficient. Leadership is fully aware of opportunities to streamline or automate key processes, yet actively chooses not to invest. Instead, remaining employees are expected to absorb the workload of multiple people, all while navigating broken systems and outdated tools. Burnout isn’t a risk here—it’s a guarantee. Leadership—especially CEO Clinton—has made it clear that employees are nothing more than line items. There’s no value placed on people, experience, or retention. And direct management is no better. My manager could genuinely teach a master class in inefficiency, disengagement, and how to avoid responsibility. There is zero guidance, no mentorship, and absolutely no investment in employee success or development.

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5.0
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Pros

Good team communication and positive leadership.

Cons

Need to update back-end software; tools are out-of-date.

1.0
Apr 17, 2026
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Pros

Very few pros come to mind, there were some great people on the individual contributor level I worked with across multiple teams however many left or are on their way out.

Cons

This is a highly toxic and disorganized work environment. Leadership’s lack of knowledge, direction, and experience is apparent. When I started, leadership was disengaged and disconnected to everything. I noticed there was a sudden and obvious change in leadership’s approach where “urgent” asks from above were being requested with little to no context. Unrealistic and changing expectations started being communicated as the norm. This caused confusion, chaos, and burn out, resulting in extremely low morale across teams. Concerns and feedback were either ignored or people were penalized/suddenly terminated for speaking up. Lastly, it doesn’t go unsaid there is no work life balance or professional boundaries here. This is a work environment that sets people up for failure and can have a serious impact on overall well-being.

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