Hypocrisy bordering on bullying - Associate Director LeapFrog Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Tend to hire smart, nice people but they never stay long... Good opportunities to travel (budget class) and network

Cons

The leadership and any of their 'converted' devotees (i.e. the sycophants) are very much do as I say, not as I do. Despite all the suave marketing and PR (including on glassdoor!), the company doesn't actually care about anything other than money and it isn't actually doing very well. On the last point, when you look at the credentials of most of the senior leadership team it's not surprising, a couple of academics and some other failed private sector investment professionals. The scary part is the behaviour I've seen over quite some time that is bullying, and almost always to women and especially from ethnic minorities. And if they aren't bullying them in some insidious way, then that means the male leadership is usually heavily and inappropriately flirting with female colleagues. It's disgusting.

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LeapFrog Response
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I’m so sorry to read this disappointing review of your LeapFrog experience. We value diversity in both the composition of our team and views of LeapFrog team members. We expect everyone to uphold behaviours consistent with this. Hiring “smart and nice people” as you highlight doesn’t happen by chance, we do this because we want to build the very best culture with the very best people. Because of this, our goal has always been a culture in which everyone feels comfortable and there is mutual respect. We therefore take claims of bullying or discrimination very seriously. In order for these claims to be properly addressed, I encourage you to share your experiences with your manager, or myself. The Head of Compliance will gratefully meet on any claims where anonymity is sought. Thanks, Liana Gorman Head of People

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