Went way downhill - Anonymous employee Section Employee Review

2.0
Jun 1, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The work is/was rewarding. When I joined, it was a mission-driven company that prided itself on offering accessible business education. -The perks and benefits used to be great – a stipend to Public Goods and Doordash every month + excellent healthcare. (The DD/PG perk has since been revoked.) -Flexible work environment -Most importantly, the people are hardworking and extremely talented – S4 does a great job at recruiting/hiring kind, talented people

Cons

Just FYI - the reviews on Glassdoor aren’t the best representation of the culture at S4, especially as of late (2022). Things have changed *a lot* in the last 4-6 months. -People have lost trust in leadership. initiatives and directives are pivoted far too often, and there’s a general lack of human understanding for how that affects the staff. It’s an odd dynamic where it feels as if the company knows how to operate empathetically and they claim to do so, but their actions don’t line up. -the company boasts about valuing diversity and inclusion, and while they do do a good job at not over-representing cis white men, there are other elements to D&I where they fall very flat, like pay equality. And no matter how hard you fight, they are unrelenting. -the irony with S4 is that the company produces sprints on how to upskill your business sense, but fail to actually learn from the very content they make, specifically Product Positioning, Branding, People Management, and Productivity. These are all areas where S4 has a lot of room to improve. -In general, the company just feels like it doesn’t know who it is or what it stands for anymore. The culture very much feels flailing and insecure, and most employees have lost trust in upper management for these reasons.

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Section Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback and for calling out the incredibly talented people working at Section4. We understand your concerns and appreciate you clearly outlining them. You're right that there has been a lot of change for us in the first half of 2022, and we're working on quickly adapting as a team and making improvements as we move forward. This includes some of the areas you outlined, such as benefits, DEI, and continuing to build trust. If you would like to discuss any topic in greater detail, please reach out to any of us.

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