Beanworks’ corporate culture is cultish and unhealthy - Anonymous employee Quadient Employee Review

I entered the company with an open mind and a lot of hope, what the company leaders preached in their interviews found online as well as how they communicated their values all sounded amazing. I also had optimistic expectations because of how high the ratings are for this company on Glassdoor. The disappointing reality was, the longer I stayed at the company, the more I realized how extremely micro managing and toxic the culture was at Beanworks. Basically in short, they checked off every single item on a list I found on how you can tell you just joined a business cult. In retrospect I could not believe I did not see it sooner. Now I realized every single person who reviewed positively for this organisation on here has likely been completely brainwashed or “spellbound” to a certain degree by the organisation, which is really sad because some of the employees were genuinely nice and good people. To be absolutely fair, this company made it very hard to not be brainwashed as an employee - the alarming number of required books to read upon onboarding , weekly ritualistic glorifications of overwork and people relinquishing their personal boundaries for the sake of the corporate “family,” required memorisation and public pop quizzes on cultural values and the risk of public humiliation if failed (we all know repetition encourages subordination and indoctrination), daily and weekly micromanaging meetings, “parties” that require mandatory attendance after work hours and on weekends, and this is just to name a few. You don’t need to believe me if you want to go and see for yourself, but just know that you’ve been forewarned. I thank God everyday that he got me out of there before I got entangled any further. I pray for the well-being of the employees who are still there to make the best decision in protection of themselves.