On Its Last Leg (Exsanguination) - Anonymous employee PLOS Employee Review

1.0
Aug 1, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Commiseration can create bonds with any remaining good coworkers. That's pretty much the only positive. The mission, in theory, is positive but leaders cannot execute nor strategize effectively. Can anyone in a position of leadership even articulate the mission or current strategy? All signs are pointing towards 'no'

Cons

What's the plan exactly? Let everyone quit or be laid off and then hire cheaper, outsourced replacements? So much for what was left of the mission. The people making the decisions don't care about or listen to staff enough, while also lacking the skills and experience to fix things. Jobs will be outsourced or we will be bought out, if not both. It's a sad realization but the people calling the shots don't have the chops to turn this ship around.

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PLOS Response
6y
Thanks for sharing your experience although I’m disappointed to read it - it certainly isn’t the employee experience we strive for at PLOS. While we’ve been through major changes over the past 18 months those have been designed to put us in a place to succeed and deliver on this mission we all care so much about. And we’re seeing the changes have an impact in our current positive results. There’s always more we can do and I hope that you will talk to your manager or our People Team if you have specific suggestions.

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