Felt like a scam from day 1 - then we got laid off - Brand Manager SelfMade Employee Review

1.0
Oct 17, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- ClassPass (this was merely chance, as the payroll company they use happened to create a partnership with ClassPass) - Stocked kitchen - Cool co-workers - Interesting concept

Cons

Where to begin........ - First, I was part of the mass lay off when they shut down the Austin office - Major decisions are made in a split second - CEO is so underqualified to run a company that it is laughable (he was a high school teacher of ETHICS [no ethics in this company] and a meditation coach [issues within the company are solved with meditation and sound baths instead of business consultants and fair wages]) - Severe favoritism and sexism - You will not grow in your career here, as it is not a marketing company but rather a revenue machine that is not making revenue - Dishonesty is rampant: employees are kept in the dark and then told to lie to customers - Underpaid and unfair raises (see above point about favoritism)

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