Blind Leading the Blind - Project Manager MHK Employee Review

1.0
Mar 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

There are a few smart and capable people still here.

Cons

This place just keeps making bad decisions. The new CEO has been in charge for over a year now and his biggest accomplishment is moving offices. A lackluster product team mixed with bad, untested code, leads to implementations that fail. The CEO's brilliant idea to solve for this was to change leadership among the team that runs projects and clients. This leadership has done what you might expect from those who previously were clueless in past roles within the organization, as they are clueless here too. They have continued to ignore anything that could make a positive impact to our actual jobs, and instead decided to "reorg" into a model that will not work. They are untrustworthy and clearly playing favorites, embarking on two faced attacks to those not pretending to be best friends. We're on our own now more than ever to make our projects succeed and this is not the answer. Annual bonuses have been the saving grace of this company for years, but now the CEO is trying to lower and phase them out. It is known many of the new management brought in over the last year, including our clueless leadership mentioned above, are now hiring with no intention of making bonuses part of the compensation plan. For those of you reading these reviews because you are considering applying to this company or are interviewing, be warned, the overwhelming majority of positive reviews since 2018 come from the company pressuring employees to do so.

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MHK Response
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I regret that you are discouraged given the ongoing commitment and hard work by our associates and leadership team. While we continue to strive for improvement, we have made significant progress over the past year, with a number of notable accomplishments, including: 1. establishing clearly defined and aligned Mission-Vision-Values, establishing regular Town Halls (6 in 2018, 1 in Feb '19), 2. an open-door policy (I personally met with more than 150 employees (including most Project Managers) in late 2018), 3. establishing an "Employee Engagement Committee" to ensure our associates' views are being heard, 4. bringing in new talent (more than 50 new hires joined the team in '18 and more than 20 have joined already in '19), 5. recruiting new members of our leadership team (50% of the team joined in the past year) and promoting deserving employees from within whenever possible, 6. introducing a process and platform for monthly 1x1 check-ins between the employee and their manager and semi-annual reviews to ensure each employee is aligned with their departmental and company goals, 7. and yes, we have moved from Class C to Class A office space – almost doubling our workspace, providing convenience for our employees, partners and customers (restaurants, hotels within walking distance) with beautiful views and specifically designed to fit our needs. This is just one example of MHK investing in our associates and striving to becoming the employer of choice in the Tampa-St. Pete market. Based on your post, it appears you are a current employee. Given my philosophy and approach, I would welcome the opportunity to meet with you 1x1 to better understand your challenges and work to make this a more rewarding experience for you. I haven’t received any Project Manager requests to meet this year…it would be great to hear from you directly. Gary, President MHK

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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