Culture of fear and ego - Team Leader Paycom Employee Review

1.0
Aug 21, 2023
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Pros

My first few levels of leaders are the best bosses I’ve ever worked for. They care about me, they help me be successful, and are always supportive. I can tell how stressed they are trying to hold things together.

Cons

Our entire company strategy is to placate the egos of upper management. Everyone is terrified of our CEO, and nobody has the confidence to tell him what the real problems are because they’re afraid they’ll lose their high paying job. We’re hiding information from him every week, and then running after what he thinks needs to be done. When things don’t go well it’s the lower level people that get fired or lose bonuses. This leaves you in constant fear of your job and uncertain about the future of the company.

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