Disappointed Overall - Anonymous Offbeat Media Group Employee Review

Unfortunately, these amazing, hilarious, talented teammates are not treated as such by upper management. Working overtime is an expectation, not an option. Leadership preaches that they want their employees to have a healthy work-life balance. But when confronted with the issue of employees constantly working overtime, the CEO had this to say, “Working overtime is just part of working at a startup.” Working overtime and going far over above and beyond will get you nowhere. I kept telling myself, “Hard work always pays off.” Not at Offbeat. Hard work is rewarded with a heavier workload and zero bonuses. Bonuses would be super helpful given the bare-minimum salary employees earn. You’ll come in with a next-to-nothing offer with the promise that you’ll quickly earn more. Not true. You are expected to be overjoyed and kiss their feet for going from $45k to $50k. Yippee? Even the managers are wildly underpaid. The founders have been steering this ship in the wrong direction for the past 6 months. Multiple knowledgeable employees raised red flags to them just to be ignored. When the ship inevitably crashed into the oncoming glacier, the blame was placed on the employees. Multiple rounds of layoffs have proven that everyone is disposable in the founders’ eyes, even those who have been with the company from the start. Offbeat will gaslight you into thinking that you are asking for too much by requesting the bare minimum, work you to the bone, then kick you to the curb.