Terrible place to work - Business Analyst SurePayroll Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Casual dress. Near the Metra station. That's about it. They started out cool and then got greedy.

Cons

These guys, despite being profitable, froze wages for three years. The executives took full advantage of the 2008 recession and labor market to completely squeeze their work force. They sold the company for 110 million dollars and did not reward their work force with anything. Michael Alter was an unbelievably disingenuous ceo. Probably an OK place to work now after the paycheck acquisition but immediately prior to that acquisition was a sprit to enrich the venture capitalists and executives. Corporate greed at its finest. Good luck tie bar.

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Good pay, decent benefits, unlimited time off.

Cons

From the start, it was uncomfortably obvious that at least half of the people in marketing had problems with one another. You could actively feel the tension in every interaction: during video calls, in email threads, even in Slack chats, etc. At first, I blamed structural issues. The various marketing teams were set up in a confusing way, and it wasn’t clear who owned what or who made final decisions. So I understood why everyone felt like their toes were being stepped on. However, I really think it goes beyond that. There’s a fundamental lack of respect, and it’s led to an extremely negative and passive aggressive environment. The pay is slightly above market value, which is what led me to accept the job in the first place (despite one of my pre-employment interviews with the team being so tense and uncomfortable that the hiring manager actually had to apologize). However, I really wish I had trusted my gut. My experience at SurePayroll was by far my least favorite of my entire career.

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