Private Equity Overlords > Employees - Project Manager Fueled Employee Review

Since the acquisition of 10up and injection of private equity, benefits and total compensation are falling. The leadership team is a mess and consistently unaligned. Communication is poor, and the rate of change is aggressive beyond what is reasonable for people who already have full time jobs doing client work. They roll out changes with minimal training on top of an already 100% billable allocation - they just expect you to work overtime. PTO/total comp is murky on purpose. We went from unlimited time off to "flexible" PTO which is really just 3-4 weeks - documentation says literally to avoid taking time off after you take 5 weeks. This is a clear and deliberate tactic to prevent new and existing employees (or candidates) from negotiating on PTO, despite the fact there are many european & UK employees who have 5-6 weeks by law. The corporate propoganda is real - they say they are people centric and value community and loyalty while laying off vast swaths of employees. The CEO feels like a robot. They acquired 10up because of a healthy portfolio of clients and recurring revenue - and are entirely changing the business model to be what got Fueled in financial trouble and into mismanaged growth in the first place. The culture is catty and just kind of mean - "figure it out, f*ck you." It's all "go faster" "do it cheaper" - despite what they say, they do not respect craft. They will be happy to automate roles out of existence. Exec leadership is all white guys (except one founder) and a couple of blonde women - diversity is a joke here. Despite what they say, you can tell by who gets hired that diversity is not a real value or priority. More white guys at the top & getting hired for leadership roles than a lacrosse tournament.