Great People, Terrible Management - Anonymous 2K Employee Review

2.0
Apr 25, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people are some of the most fun, kind, caring and supportive I have ever come across. There is a real sense of camaraderie amongst those not in management (who do all the work!). The office is casual, with free sodas and fruit and a relaxed wardrobe policy. People go out for drinks a lot after work and there are lots of laughs to be had.

Cons

Those in management positions do not listen and do not care. They don't appear to care about you as a person; your development, your needs, etc. I never had a performance review, I didn't have objectives and I did not have any learning opportunities. People speak rudely and nastily to one another, shouting curse words across the office. Those who are liked by management rise fast but those who are not are left to fend for themselves. In busy periods (3-4 months of the year), the working hours are 9am-11pm, and weekend work is expected. Communication between the UK and US teams is terrible and the US appears to take no interest in matters important to the UK. No company-organised events/teambuilding sessions/activities etc. Incredibly high staff turnover.

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Pros

Congratulations on joining an IT department sustained primarily by optimism and certificates whose expiration dates invite reflection. Tickets enter a triage process best described as ceremonial — acknowledged warmly, processed philosophically, resolved at the discretion of the universe. Infrastructure decisions suggest a confident autodidactic energy that formal training might have tempered. Your recommendations will be received, appreciated verbally, and composted with dignity. The company charges a premium for its products and charges again for the remainder of them, which is either visionary pricing strategy or a personality trait depending on your tolerance. The gaming chairs are ambitious. The retention numbers are instructive

Cons

• Your labor props up a machine that monetizes joy incrementally until joy is gone • Every unresolved ticket is a monument to institutional indifference • Heidegger called it thrownness — you were thrown here specifically • The infrastructure will outlive your dignity but not your burnout • Mark Fisher already described this place in Capitalist Realism and did not recommend it • You will achieve nothing that compounds • The servers go down. You stay down longer.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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