Absolute Nightmare - Anonymous employee techweek Employee Review

1.0
Feb 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Met and worked with some amazing, but unappreciated people who were all either fired or quit. - Ridiculous expectations forced me to push my knowledge and learn new skills

Cons

- Sleazy Founder/CEO who micromanages everything, belittles everyone - 60-80 work weeks, getting a 'talking to' for only working 9-10 hours a day - No work/life balance, no value of people - Thrown into the deep end from day one and asked to do tasks that have nothing to do with position hired for - Constant restricting of company - Incredibly high turnover - No consideration of basic amenities like coffee, paper towels, etc. - Terrible compensation

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Cons

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5.0
Oct 1, 2015
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Pros

I was a part-timer at Techweek but feel like I was part of the full-time team. The best part of Tech week is: - the business is really growing and it is fun to be part of a successful effort - you are given (and can take) a lot of responsibility and learn a ton - you get to meet very interesting companies and people given all the organizations that partner with Techweek (its a great way to see other jobs too!) - if you do your job, you are appreciated - its that simple. - encourages risk taking and learning from mistakes - good communication from management re: big picture/strategy (more than I would have expected)

Cons

- the actual office is nothing special (physically) - there has been some turnover which isnt discouraged... up or out... this is good I guess but can be somewhat unsettling - put in alot of hours leading up to conferences... but the reward after a great event feels worth it! - fairly new management change so still figuring out their "plan" - not always good communication between different teams but I saw that improving too

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