Promotes Toxic Behavior, Rewards Shady Moneymakers - Anonymous employee Cision Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PTO, Healthcare, 401K and (most) coworkers

Cons

Management encourages and pits coworkers against each other, whatever it takes to close a sale no matter how it’s done. Turn a blind eye to unethical behavior as long as it’s bringing in $ for the company. Unfortunate bullying within teams is overlooked by supervisors. Aggressive people get promoted, favoritism trumps skills. Customers used to be top priority but company politics are now above providing the best possible service.

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Cision Response
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I really appreciate your review and feedback from your time at Cision. I am disappointed to hear your experience with us was not what you had hoped. We are committed to creating a comfortable, transparent and collaborative environment for all our employees so I’m disappointed to hear that your experience didn’t match our goals. The past year has certainly seen quite a few changes as we continue leading the industry, and we understand that can be difficult. Although you are no longer with the organization, we have an open-door policy and would be open to having a conversation to address some of your concerns if you’d like to connect with Human Resources.

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