Great Mission, but demoralizing - Anonymous employee Handel Group Employee Review

2.0
Aug 9, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great mission. People care about what they do. You get to own your piece of the pie. Method is a good tool.

Cons

Demoralizing. Leaders are harsh. Accountability is a mantra of the company but then it gets used against you. People are berated publicly. And then are asked to have a sense of humor about it. Issues/failures could be handled better and more professionally. Direction changes all the time. It impacts the bottom line and morale.

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5.0
Nov 4, 2024
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Pros

Great to see Lauren Handel back rebuilding her first and original company. Old leadership left a mess and of course, bad reviews. Thankfully she is here to stay and is growing the business how she originally intended.

Cons

Takes time to rebuild a company but she is making it happen.

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1.0
May 16, 2026
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Pros

Some people on the team were actually decent to work with.

Cons

he whole place runs on who you know, not what you do, and it gets exhausting watching the same people get every good project while everyone else watches from the sidelines. There's this inner circle that just keeps feeding itself and the rest of us are expected to pick up the slack while they take credit for work they didn't even touch — which honestly gets old. No one even pretends it's fair anymore, people just accept it and move on, which is somehow worse because it means nobody's trying to fix it. The real problem is there's actual talent here that gets wasted because being good at your job doesn't matter, it matters if the right person likes you. You can feel the resentment building and people are jumping ship because they're tired of watching the same people fail up the ladder while doing actual work gets you nowhere. It's just depressing to watch a place where merit is treated like a joke.

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Handel Group Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. Our current CEO returned in 2022 after stepping aside in 2016, and much of this feedback reflects a period of leadership that is no longer in place. Since 2022, we have focused on strengthening leadership practices and workplace standards, and remain committed to accountability, integrity, and continuous improvement.
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