Poor company culture, leadership, and money management - Anonymous employee Marketware Employee Review

This company is toxic and risky. If you aren't a Mormon bro, you will quickly find yourself not fitting in. Let's start with the culture. They have company prayers whenever there is food, and at the Christmas party, and other occasions. Be prepared to either participate in the prayer or awkwardly stand by until they are finished. This continued while I was there despite complaints to management that this made me feel uncomfortable. During this time, there were 3 women to the 40 or so guys working there, and as far as I could tell, at least 95% were Mormon (I know this because they talked about it constantly). Not exactly what I would call an equal opportunity employer. Secondly, this company is a convoluted family affair. The place is run by the son of the original founder, and most of the other members of the inner circle are either relatives or friends from church. Lots of infighting and nepotism to be observed. On leadership: top management mostly bullies and taunts employees, not very motivating or inspiring at all. It's like constantly being in a high school locker room with a terrible coach. Lastly, money management. This company has a history of serious layoffs. For Christmas, everyone was given an XBOX one or a $300 amazon giftcard, because it seemed like things were going well? Less than two months later, on a Monday, myself and about 7 others (maybe more) were told by our managers that we were being laid off, because they didn't have enough funds for our paychecks. 8 out of a company of 40 something people. Not only that, but the executives were all getting pay cuts. Here's the best part: I received not a cent of severance, just my final paycheck from the week before. Luckily I was able to collect unemployment and get back on my feet, but I was very close to becoming homeless and carless thanks to them. Apparently the company wasn't collecting money from clients, and there were "cash flow problems." Might I also mention that while I was there, I saw several people get periodically hired and then laid off because of overstaffing. Nobody's jobs or salaries are safe or guaranteed in this company, except for those at the very top. BTW, I know for a fact that the first few positive reviews here were written by managers within the company, if you couldn't already tell by how stupidly enthusiastic they sound.