Employee's Last & Not a family - Anonymous employee Smead Employee Review

1.0
Oct 27, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free file folders for all your paper needs :-) A few luncheons and company on-site meals

Cons

The owner cares about the employees but at the same time has failed to make the difficult decisions required to advance the company at a fault. The "family" claim is false...proceed with caution. There is zero accountability across the corporation and no direction, corporate goals or communication provided by Executive team with zero urgency. If you want a place to stroll in and punch your card this is the place. Exec. team does not know how to evaluate or take calculated risked to improve the longer term position of the company and doesn't know how to lead the corporation to success. I think everyone is crossing their fingers hoping something will change but too afraid to do anything about it. Advancement is based on years of service and not skill or value provided.

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