Pros
The clients we work for
Cons
Layoffs took up all of the morning one after the other
Pros
Top executives of Sanky Communications are the best people I've ever worked for. They are genuinely, deeply committed to the mission of the firm -- and to the missions of their nonprofit clients. They are compassionate but dedicated to cohesive effectiveness.
Cons
No cons about Sanky to offer
Pros
You learn a lot about communicating with various clients and internal teams. Long-term employees can acquire quite a bit of PTO.
Cons
The atmosphere is toxic. Communication is terrible. Information is either spread via gossip or poorly secured files on the drive that anyone can access. If you're in the in-group, you're treated with kid gloves. If you're not, you're held to impossible standards. A reorganization meant you no longer had a core team of employees who had your back, which destroyed camaraderie. A story that truly illustrats the company is one retreat that was held at a children's summer camp where employees had to sleep in bunk beds in cabins with one bathroom for every 8-12 people. On the second night when temperatures dropped into the low 40s, management made absolutely no effort to move employees out of the uninsulated, freezing cabins or to provide extra blankets. The next morning when we reconvened, it was treated like a joke ("Got a little chilly last night, eh? Haha!"). I truly believe employees were given the next day off because management was scared everyone was about to walk off the job. Employees are overworked and underpaid. Sanky is NOT a non-profit but pays its employees as if it were, which is funny because I am now working at a legitimate non-profit in a position two steps below what I did at Sanky and make more money, have less responsibility and have a clear work life balance. The company is bleeding clients. A downturn in charitable giving? Poor management? ¿Porque no los dos?
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