Pros
Remote work is nice, and most mid-level managers care about their team members.
Cons
- Apparently TA used to be a great place to work. I don’t know what started the downfall, but it most certainly is not a great place to work anymore. - ActivTrak was just put on all staff computers, so we are all being tracked and micromanaged even more than before. The data is highly inaccurate, showing relevant websites as unproductive, and many people have had to explain why they weren’t at their computer for 30 minutes. And they don’t care or show any empathy towards the explanations, whatever they may be. There is absolutely no trust whatsoever, and it makes for an uncomfortable and unproductive environment. - Random companies are constantly being acquired. Like within 6 months of each other. How are you going to acquire a company, dismantle everything about them (even though you say you don’t want to do so), and then leave them in the dust for another acquisition before making sure they are set up for success? Didn’t you just shut down like 6 websites? Seems like something isn’t working, yet you all continue to do the same thing over and over, expecting different results. - If you don’t agree with the CEO and the people in his pocket, you won’t make it unless you keep your mouth shut. Don’t even think about sharing your differing opinions unless you don’t want a job anymore. - The CEO is extremely impulsive, making decisions that affect multiple people negatively and without thinking of the consequences. We’re constantly putting out fires due to lack of thoughtfulness behind big changes. But we’re still expected to “drive the ship faster” with far less resources. - There have been massive layoffs that are being touted as performance based. They are just trying to save a buck and are forcing the remaining employees to pick up the slack. And without increasing pay of course. - The meetings are so beyond excessive. I don’t know how anyone gets anything done…oh wait… - The quarterly company-wide meeting is an all-day affair (it used to be three days long), and you get about 3 ten-minute breaks. No actual lunch break :) Most of the random sessions throughout have nothing to do with the business, we’re all expected to have our cameras on the entire time, and everyone reads from a script. It’s disengaging, excessive, and largely a waste of time. - The culture reeks of forced cheerfulness. A lot of upper management seems to lap up the koolaid, and I will never understand it. It’s completely disingenuous, and the people on the ground see right through it. With all of the underlying issues, it’s very tactless and off putting. - You will be expected to do the work of 2-3 people but get paid for the work of 1 (barely). In other words, the pay is morally repugnant. - You will receive a bunch of surveys asking for feedback but nothing will be done about it. Somehow TA was nominated as a “best place to work” this year. I’m sure upper management is behind it.