Siegel+Gale Reviews

Cons

no real cons other than the low vacation day allotment

Cons

Everything else. terrible leadership, toxic environment, no creativity, fear based, shallow people, vicious and finger pointing culture. No work/life balance.

Cons

Gossip and toxicity, grueling hours

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- Toxic Culture: Office politics overpowers meritocracy. HR turns a blind eye to special hires that are friends of the CEOs during the interview process, and has even given interviewees a "heads up" to make exceptions for special hires. This not only sends the idea that favoritism influences decisions at the company (which it does), but it also skews people's expectations around special hires, undermining their abilities (e.g. "Person A was hired only because...") and can result in mean-spirited gossip. In a similar vein, employees are less inclined to praise coworkers' strengths and more inclined to talk about their weaknesses/shortcomings behind their backs.

- Limited career growth: There is no structure around career management. The only required "check-in" between managers and direct reports happens 2 times a year. The performance review process is outdated and lacks in comparison with new practices (e.g. 360-degree feedback, peer review processes). Furthermore, there seems to be no initiative or incentive for upper management to invest in the growth or development of their reports or teams. The work also does not vary as you get promoted, making promotions purely nominal (i.e. they are a title change only).

- Limited Collaboration: While there are many different teams at S+G, there is no cohesion across them. People are expected to stay in their lane (feedback on projects is given within a vertical, not across), which limits opportunities for the company to achieve innovative results. (E.g. Strategy and Design should be sitting down with Marketing and Sales to figure out what our offering is -- we're selling "services", what's our differentiator? Talk to the brains/people who are delivering the work.)

- Company misalignment: The goals of the company are understandably sales-driven. However, there are never conversations about how each function can contribute to sales. Teams do not set objectives or measurable goals that align with the company goals.

Cons

Some of the more senior staff / higher ups can be less understanding of work/life balance and take on more than the staff can accommodate

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On a daily basis you are told to meet unreasonable deadlines that compromise the quality of the work (and your health) simply because someone told the client it could be so or because the client stomps their feet. The culture throughout the organization is one that expects you to work until 2am on a regular basis. Every morning you see some message posted to slack at 2am or overhear an employee share how they had trouble getting him at 1:30.

It’s unfathomable how parents wih young kids find it acceptable to work in an environment like this. Where is the work life balance? This culture has existed from the top down for years.

Cons

No training, very poor management, incredibly disorganized. They laid off a bunch of people a couple of years ago for poor performance and got better since, but it doesn't seem like that'll last for long.

Cons

No cons yet in my experience

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No cons yet in my experience

Cons

None so far really. I will say that the salary listed on Glassdoor for my position was considerably more than the offer, but I was still happy to accept the offer.