Hip2Save Reviews

First of all, please keep in mind that current employees have been told to leave 5-star reviews. If they don't, they are reprimanded. So take the positive reviews with a grain of salt. I could go on and on about how awful my experience was working here, but I'll try to keep it brief. This job actually caused me to develop bad anxiety due to the constant micro-managing, negative culture, gossiping, and the constant firing of employees completely out of the blue. You feel like you have to walk on eggshells constantly, especially since most of upper management is besties or related to the owner. If you leave your computer for more than a few minutes, you'll be reprimanded. If you make any errors, you'll be reprimanded and they may even send out a company-wide email to call out your mistake and embarrass you. You'll be overworked, frequently putting in extra hours without any overtime pay. There were a few days where I worked 12 hour shifts, with no breaks allowed whatsoever. You're expected to be glued to your computer, constantly working, as if you're a robot. Truly the worst job I have ever had.

Was hired right before the holiday crush, and first full week was the week of Black Friday. Had a few weeks of "training" which consisted of just being passed from one writer to another to "shadow" them, and watch what they were doing. Wasn't til the 2nd week that I was given the spreadsheets that are needed, or the employee manual. It was an "oops, oh we didn't give that to you yet?" Was fired on only the 5th day of work after the training period for "not working fast enough" putting out the blog posts. Mind you, all along the managers were telling me how great I was doing, and saying I was putting out more content than they did when they first started. The senior manager asked me to video chat as soon as I logged in, and the HR manager was also there, so I knew something was up. The senior manager said literally, "We have decided to end your employment as of right now, so there's nothing more to talk about, bye." Horrible. I said, oh I have questions.... My background is as a professional writer, a curriculum writer for 30 years, and a certified teacher and coach for the past 33 years. Writing is not a problem; I was also the executive director of a rather large arts school for 28 years and was just looking for a change. I have led hundreds of people in my career, and I can tell you - that is NOT the way to handle an employee. Mixed messages from the managers, no real training, and being thrust into work a few days before Black Friday (the busiest season for writing this kind of content in the entire year) only to be fired without being given a real chance to succeed. They gave me no grace period, no "hey we are concerned you're not moving quickly enough, how can we support you?" - nothing, just fired. There is no respect for the employee and zero support.