Axial Reviews

Complete disconnect between what the managers in the organization purport the values to be and how managers act. For example, the organization will say they don't care about inputs or FaceTime in the office. Yet managers will say things if you leave at 6-6:45 consistently, even if you are meeting the expectations laid out for you. Some of the worst training I've ever experienced. You're expected to work a lot of hours without competitive compensation. Bonus structure sucks and is constantly changing, what you're compensated for in your bonus you have little to no control over those outcomes. If you consistently meet the targets they'll just raise them and they expect you to spend a lot of your personal time doing work. Even when you're on vacation you're expected to be checking in a couple times a day Worst number of holidays I've seen at any company, ever. Pretty much everyone is doing the job, at minimum, two people should be doing. Dress code is not as relaxed as they say it is. They also lied about unlimited paid vacation and sick days. Job you end up doing might not be the one you thought you were interviewing for. Will ask you to compromise what's best for your client simply to save a paying client. With almost no consideration of the damage to the axial brand or your personal reputation.

Axial will create this image of a professional company with a fun, relaxed environment where you can grow your career. Don't believe a single world. In reality it's a place with quite a few young people with overinflated titles tooting their own horns for their mediocre work handling projects beyond the scope of their responsibility and actual capability. In my few years at Axial, I saw a lot of great talent revolve through those doors due to a lack of support and leadership. There is no meritocratic upward mobility. It only exists if your manager leaves, or if you've been there long enough and golf with the right people. People with no experience are rewarded with senior positions. There are some people there that all I wanted to do whenever I had the unfortunate circumstance of needing to work with them is interrupt them and ask what is it they actually know how to do well other than blow hot air. The executive leadership can't be trusted. They would get up up to speak, and all I could hear was parseltongue. " ... we're on a great trajectory hisssssss, belieeeeeve in our mission hisssss... surprise layoffs hissssss.... there won't be anymoreeeee hissss kidding hisssss... " The grass is not always greener on the other side, but you'd be hard pressed to find a worse patch than Axial.