Welcome to the Boys Club - Account Director Shift Paradigm Employee Review

2.0
Jan 13, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some incredibly talented and smart people working at SP (Formerly Trendline Interactive). If you're lucky enough to get a manager who cares, then you'll be better off.

Cons

This company has becomes a boy's club. And no matter how many women there appears to be at the top, it doesn't matter. Their voices go unheard. People who are in with the right top tier guys will get promoted whether they deserve to be or not and it is demoralizing for those who have been there longer or know more. The company also does not uphold their promise of bonuses. The number seems to drop if you fall out of grace. Or, if you leave the company, even though you fulfilled everything you were supposed to, they will say they are going to pay you and then never do. The company changed drastically over 2021 and what was a good place to work became toxic. Positions are backfilled to better distribute work, bonuses are not given and raises are nowhere near where they should be for the time and effort so much of the staff puts in.

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Shift Paradigm Response
4y
We are sorry that you feel the way you do about Shift Paradigm. We pride ourselves in caring for our employees and in fact, we just paid our bonuses for the second half of 2021. We are constantly looking for new ways to get all voices of employees heard. Liz our new CEO has pledged to make SP the best place to work and in her short time has shown the community of employees she means what she says. If you would like to share more specifics on your thoughts, I encourage you to reach out to HR at anytime.

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Cons

The work expectations were ridiculously high. Employees were expected to be available 24/7, work on multiple projects, and meet client expectations while balancing poorly assigned deadlines. It was a struggle to show up every day when you knew they expected too much from you. It was exhausting to try to reason with the arrogant leadership that did nothing but pile horrible expectations. They also didn't give me enough room to grow. My learning stopped, and I was doing boring work for months. There was no career growth, either. Overall, it was a horribly frustrating experience, and I escaped before I could be trapped here for long.

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Shift Paradigm Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We're sorry to hear that you felt overwhelmed and unsupported during your time with us. Your feedback about workload expectations, work-life balance, and development opportunities is taken seriously. We recognize that unrealistic deadlines and unclear boundaries can lead to burnout, and this is not the environment we want to create. Our new leadership is working to actively address these issues. Again, thank you for the feedback.
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