Fine for entry level or if you have no ambitions and very low living expenses - Associate NACD Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Mostly easy workload for everyone (not the IT or data ppl though) -Some genuinely kind and bright people -Got a free trip to a beach town with a few hours of open bar, did have to sit through a few boring lectures (but worth it all told) -New CTO (Dennis) & new gen counsel (Kimberly) seem sincere, empathetic & competent

Cons

-Hunger games cornucopia-style once-yearly promotion "approvals" where directors' council (glorified knitting circle) screws over anyone up for promotion who doesn't grovel enough for their tastes. These bottlenecks occur through a formal regularly scheduled gossip sesh, regardless of prior commitments made, whisper campaigns abound. -Overpaid, underperforming upper management, powerless middle management, zero advocacy for non-managerial staff whose voices are blatantly muted = uneven compensation and disciplinary practices, crazy high turnover rate: 30% in 2019 and high 20's in 2018 -Lots of roles that should require or expect more skill intentionally hire entry level; no interest in improving any of the many underwhelming outputs & processes across org, solution is always outsourcing for actual deliverables or proudly adhering to 5th grade level work -Interdepartmental collaboration or sharing resources = anathema to directors; revenue recognition + rev reporting are only clear priority across the org

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NACD Response
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Thank you for sharing your views. NACD has recently added new talent to our C-Suite. We are currently working on creating a compensation structure that will better align with the business as well as enhancing our performance management and promotion process. These are exciting times at NACD! We look forward to incorporating your feedback into our future planning. We look forward to incorporating your feedback into our future planning.”

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