CP Solutions Reviews

Hoo boy, these positive reviews make me laugh. All so vague, so optimistic for a better future. Along with others in this thread, I can attest to the fact that CP Solutions wheedles employees into leaving positive reviews because it determines “the quality” of future coworkers (you can guess the real reason why). When one recently departed employee wrote a negative review, it was treated like a five-alarm emergency. You’d have thought someone died. We were called to a meeting and goaded into leaving reviews because it was up to us to create the illusion of a happy workplace, and not for management to actually foster one. This may be the best encapsulation of an environment so toxic that the clocks tick to the sound of a panicking Geiger counter and your dreams are nightly tinted orange by the prospect of a nuclear cataclysm. Let’s get this out of the way, Recent College Grad. This company stalks people like you to exploit you. You’ll be paid less, expected to work longer, and all the while they’ll wish you were more experienced and mature, until soon enough their message of continuous improvement will become a bullying cry that you’re never good enough. This place is a resume builder, nothing more. It’s too inept, and too unbearable, to be more than that. Apply at your own risk, because its reputation in West Michigan is growing worse with every burned former employee, and soon enough having this name at the top of your resume will be as useful as saltwater to a shipwreck survivor. And now let’s go through the names of the games at CP Solutions (for they are legion). Micromanagement is the big momma. We’re talking time tracking down to the minute. Meetings to discuss meetings. Protocols for writing protocols. Training programs on how to train trainers to train trainees. This is a digital marketing agency that offers zero creative autonomy over client accounts. Every account is treated with the same approach whether it makes sense or not, and it’s a monthly chore to explain away useless vanity metrics and upsell even more worthless services. Doctors’ appointments require two weeks’ notice, and if too many people are off, you will be forced to reschedule that appointment. Forced to spend all day in useless meetings? You’ll be scolded for not being 80% billable the next morning. Print in color accidentally? You’ll be scolded for costing the company three cents. But hey, digital agencies can be too crazy sometimes, right? Maybe a little micromanagement is good, keeps things organized. WRONG, reader. Disorganization is rampant. Management concerns itself with internal politics and protocols rather than bothering with important things, like say, getting contracts signed before starting work. Account managers are regularly thrown new accounts that aren’t legally binding, accurately budgeted, or properly strategized. Don’t say you can’t execute one of these plans, though. You’ll be branded a renegade. I was regularly appalled to hear the owner rail against fellow employees behind their backs. She wished to fire more people than she could spare. Due to this deep contempt for her workers, distrust is an enormous problem, and management can’t muster the confidence to delegate responsibility despite its desperate need to do so. I once bluntly suggested that account managers be responsible for handling dissatisfied clients. The response? “They’ll lose the client.” Glad to be onboard, captain! We’ll just get of your way and let you unfurl the sails and cook the meals. We won’t do it right. Yet another good encapsulation of this workplace’s culture: to be asked to do something, only to be told you’re not trusted to do it. These are just a handful of the offenses that form the congealed mass of toxicity at the heart of CP Solutions. They say a full compendium of its crimes against employeekind exists somewhere in this world, but as far as I know, it’s lost in the hearts and minds of scarred ex-employees across the country. And it’s better that way, not to know the full truth. It’s a weight you will carry with you all day, and it follows you home like an impending shadow of doom. There is no finer feeling than knowing I no longer work at this wretched place, haunted by the condescension of nepotistic rulers who don’t know their industry and want to squeeze the last of my spirits into their morning vitamin mix, where the backstabbing and false camaraderie give Stalinist Russia a run for its money. I know you want an agency job fresh out of college, Recent College Grad, but I implore you to listen to reason. There is no honor in employment here. Only pain.

The amount of work and stress placed on employees is absolutely ridiculous for the benefits and pay. There is little to no training, and you will be thrown into your position and expected to learn all of the policies and procedures immediately (which are also very conflicting, so it makes them hard to learn). Real vacation time does not exist. If you want to take time off, you will need to cram your 40 hours a week into either the days before or after you expect to take off. Management has terrible communication skills and are almost impossible to reason with. If they don'ts like your personality, you will be miserable. Senior management and the CEO are prone to verbal outbursts (a lot of times in front of all the other employees) without any grounds or basis, and will not apologize even after realizing that you are not to blame. Managers do not follow policies or procedures (and often times do not even know what they are) and will send you conflicting instructions, and then will use you as a scapegoat if anything goes wrong. There is no room for personal growth. Even if you have a great idea to bring to the table, it will either be put off by week after week of "we'll talk about it tomorrow," or you will be given no credit for the idea (don't even think about any type of compensation or bonus even though it is often promised as encouragement for new ideas). Clients will be difficult to work with. Some clients are just plain rude, and instead of sticking up for their employees, this company will continuously allow their employees to be mistreated. This along with confusing (and sometimes berating) directions from managers will take its toll on you after a while. Many of the employees are burned out and frustrated to the point of tears several times throughout the week. Turnover is extremely frequent. You will not be able to stand up for yourself, and will be expected to blindly try to decipher what will make management happy from week to week.