MOST TOXIC WORKPLACE EVER - Bone Health Consultant AlgaeCal Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

free occasional goodies / lunch and other than that there is no other pro of joining this company. Please save yourself from the horror and trauma of joining this company and please do not be blinded by the fake reviews that they compel their employees to write.

Cons

I worked here for 3 years and trust me I can write like 100 Cons of working at AlgaeCal as this was the most toxic workplace I have ever worked at. - Please don't be fooled by the nice reviews up top as the internal employees are periodically asked to write these nice charming reviews on Glassdoor by the HR and those who did not want to risk losing their jobs would absolutely had to do what the company asked for. - MICROMANAGING was at its worst . The manager insisted on seeing / tracked the calendar details so they know what I was doing and who I was talking to. He used to track my Slack status every morning and message me a ARE U THERE?! YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ONLINE FOR COUPLE OF MINUTES?! If you don't trust your people to get the work done. why did you hire them in the first place ? If you were convinced they could do the work and hired them and now they not delivering... you should look at yourself as a leader. -Micromanagement can lead to (has led to) trauma for the person at the receiving end, and even worse - turn them into someone who has issues trusting people and believing in words of affirmation even in safe places. It's distressing, it's unnecessary, and one will need therapy to put that kind of abuse behind them. -ZERO WORK LIFE BALANCE - VERY LOW COMPENSATION offered, even though they claim to be at par with market standards, the other companies are paying way more than what they are offering (real time experience I had after leaving this company as I was recognized for my skills and educational background and was offered double the salary in comparison to what I was making here) -HIGH LEVEL OF WHITE SUPREMACY , if you are a person of color please forget that you will be promoted at this company . During my 3 years I visibly saw the extreme level of favoritism and that makes the culture at AlgaeCal extremely toxic and suffocating. - To the people at HR - please save your hollow reply on this post as there is nothing you can say which would be genuine and would change my perspective on the horrific and traumatic experience I had working at AlgaeCal. If this is how you treat your employee of 3 years then I really feel sorry for all the new joiners that are going to fall in the trap that this Company is.

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AlgaeCal Response
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Hello–and thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts about your time with us at AlgaeCal. I’m sorry you didn’t have a great experience during your time here. As a fast-moving, fast-growing company there is indeed a need for team members to have a high level of hunger, enthusiasm, and flexibility–and we fully understand that an environment like this may not be for everyone. Related to the above comments about feeling micromanaged–we try our best to offer flexibility in all roles, but in the Bone Health Consultant (customer service representative) role, it is necessary to be on time, as phone coverage and the team depend on it. For any fully remote employees, the Leads will first reach out via Slack if someone is late. Some of the other comments and feedback in your review are very serious and do not align with the experience that we’re striving to provide to all employees. I’m sorry for the way that things ended for you with AlgaeCal, but I want you to know that we are always here to connect, we’re always looking for ways to improve, and are always available to hear your feedback in realtime–no judgment! Just drop us a line at culture@algaecal.com and we can set up a call or convo. Thanks again for taking the time to leave this review and we wish you the best in your career.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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