Toxic leadership and HR team that brushes things under the rug - Anonymous employee Workhuman Employee Review

2.0
Mar 22, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of your team is really great, you'll become great friends with your teammates.

Cons

Leadership is really toxic or unqualified. They keep hiring people at the director level when we don't need more management, we need more do-ers, but they treat the do-ers like everyone is in a junior position and like their ideas don't matter. There's no sense of communication at all and leadership does not advocate for their teams. Leadership is too focused on how they look (if you can't read their mind you make them look like a failure) and are really quick to blame the team instead of having a conversation. Everything is passed off as "drama" - even when you have very legitimate concerns. Each quarter it seems like these leaders have a new target, someone to blame, berate, belitte, etc. They won't give you your goals until the absolute last minute, will cut your bonus just because they can and refuse to have a discussion with you about it. People have gone to HR and they have done nothing but sweep it under the rug and promote these people. Hopeless.

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Workhuman Response
7y
All feedback is important to us. One of my responsibilities is to ensure that all employees feel valued and appreciated. If you feel we are falling short of that, I would strongly encourage you to reach out to me individually to discuss these concerns. – Steve Pemberton, CHRO

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