Pros
A hot, new field of internet marketing. This place got me started in my career. Loved playing volleyball during breaks and hanging out with other employees in the lunch room. Incredibly competent co-workers, all really nice and highly talented. Nice office and great office chairs.
Cons
Wow, it was a dark place to work from the first day. Everyone was scared. The owner often yelled at employees in front of the entire staff. Our group was taken into the conference room several times a week. Each member of the team was harshly criticized in front of fellow staff members, even the senior project manager and group manager. We were threatened, belittled and humiliated. We were never allowed to make suggestions, only to do what we were told. Training was non-existent, yet we were held responsible for knowing what was impossible to know. We often had to guess and if our guess was wrong, we were in trouble. There were no standards, no stated expectations and no feedback except for the screaming sessions we all had to endure. Turnover is really high. Staff are either mysteriously fired or quit under duress. No one knows who to trust and people don't get to know each other because everyone is scared. Once you leave the company and finally get to talk to your old co-workers on the outside, you find out that they too were scared, intimidated and didn't know who to trust. They too were highly competent but know one ever knew. My six months at the company was a nightmare. I've always been a high performing individual and have excelled at everywhere I worked. This was the one exception. Only a few strange people excel at Oneupweb, those who are in the inner circle. Everyone else lives in fear.
