It just keeps getting worse - Anonymous employee Mittera Employee Review

I don't even know where to begin. HR is NOT your friend. If you aren't part of the main 3 or 4 people, you will feel constantly shut out. We recently hired someone and they didn't stay for more than 2 days because the leads and art director ignored them their entire second day. The "leads" worry only about themselves. While the rest of the team is drowning, one of the leads can be seen shopping online, playing games, and all together NOT helping the team. They have been trying to reduce the amount of work they have to do while piling more and more onto other employees, with not enough staff. Mittera continues to give the current employees more tasks to complete on top of the job they are already expected to complete. They are constantly "letting people go" and distributing their work to (the already incredibly overwork) others. Your position is never guaranteed, be prepared to be "let go" at any time for no reason at all. All leadership seem out of touch with everyone else. When we had multiple laid off, one of the hire ups gathered us to tell us. Then ended the meeting with a cheerful "happy friday!" At 11 in the morning. Work life balance is a myth here. If you are not willing or able to work more than 8 hours, everyone else on the team will act like you're a burden. Putting yourself, health (physical and mental), or family first is frowned upon. Be prepared to not know what's going on, have rules change every other week, and be worked to death. Set boundaries right away or you will find yourself working 12 hour days. As for the actual work environment, it's pretty toxic. It feels like high-school drama all of the time. People are intentionally left out, talked badly about, and all together ignored. There really isn't any upward movement in this company, though they do like to make it seem like there could be. Raises are out of the question. You absorbed another job ontop of yours? You should be getting paid less because the job you absorbed started at a lower pay. Do yourself the favor and don't apply. Don't let yourself get trapped here.