It's great...until it isn't. - Anonymous employee Socialistics Employee Review

1.0
Mar 28, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Flexible work/life balance...sometimes. - The pay is slightly above industry standard. - The culture is fantastic, but only when business is doing well. - When the company is doing well, things are good.

Cons

- Management leads with emotions and has undeniable "favorites." - If the business is doing poorly, the employees are often the scapegoat for the problems or are blamed for things unrelated. - The CEO and manager do not care about you. They only care about the money and the clients. They will throw you under the bus if they feel they can keep a client while making you look like a bad employee. - They ask you to complete tasks they know are out of your capacity. However, they won't compensate you for your time or believe when you say you are too busy. - Management constantly edits the company manual. The employees are not notified of these amendments until someone is fired based on the changes made. Then, the new amendments are used as a "firable offense" for future layoffs. - Performance is not recorded correctly. If you are accused of poor performance, no actual documentation reveals that. - Tenure means nothing. Everything is based on how the company is doing. When the company is doing poorly, management gets distressed and starts micromanaging to a point where daily tasks feel impossible. - Blame is quickly placed on those who are not the "favorites." Blind trust is placed on those who are constantly making the wrong decisions. - They boast about "unlimited PTO and work/life balance." However, you will still receive messages during your time off for "urgent requests" that are not actually that urgent and can be completed by another employee. - During your 1:1 meetings, management will constantly ask you if you're "ready to leave" the company, implying that you want to quit and asking for reassurance that you won't. This creates an uneasy feeling within the employees. - No room for growth, despite them promoting the idea that you have those chances. - Bonuses are never guaranteed. You are required to ask your clients for reviews, and then, based on the quality of the review, you are given a non-tax-exempt bonus. Profit-sharing comes with how well the company does each quarter.

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Socialistics Response
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We hear you and we're sorry your experience with us wasn't what you might have hoped for. As a small agency, our HR processes do evolve over time. That said, the employee handbook has always been made publicly available and the clauses regarding employee termination have remained the same since the start of your employment with us. Regarding receiving messages on PTO, this is something we discourage. Contact will be made in cases where tasks and work have not completed by the specified deadline. Not completing agreed upon tasks before PTO was one of the reasons for your termination. The last point made regarding bonuses is accurate. They are performance based, and not guaranteed. This was particularly true in your case where performance issues were consistently discussed and identified for 12 months prior to your dismissal. Profit-sharing, by definition, does indeed come with how well the company performs in any given quarter. That is correct. We're sorry you did not have a positive experience. While we were patient with you, and would have loved to help you perform in your role, we were unable to provide any further guidance when your performance negatively impacted your peers. We wish you the best, and hope that you find success in your future endeavors.

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