Beware - Smoke and Mirrors - Anonymous employee Abstract Employee Review

1.0
4 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Remote culture / distributed / work-life balance There have been some rockstars that have worked here and tried to make a real difference but were taken for granted Excellent pay and solid benefits

Cons

The founders have no idea how to lead and are a constant roadblock One co-founder, in particular, is more concerned with being friends with employees that he has blinders and fails to lead, act or execute The founders are obsessed with being kind which translates to being overly emotional and tolerant of behaviors that go against the core values Extremely toxic environment due to lack of leadership and favoritism The executive team are inexperienced and biased and are often the root of confusion and drama Diversity and inclusion was said to be a priority yet the majority of people of color have been terminated. The website is inaccurate, outdated and misleading Many are unhappy with the new direction or leadership changes It says something when many of the former employees response to being laid off was relief that they could continue their job search openly without having to be discrete. The writing has been on the wall for months now and with new leadership people will continue to leave this company behind Extremely low morale and low trust of leadership both old and new but many were are least hopeful with the former CEO Interim leader is very robotic and lacks the compassion and warmth that resonated with employees with the previous leader The entire people team was let go which were all people of color The company values are just words that the leadership team should first hold themselves to ** FUTURE HIRES: Seek advice from past and present employees if considering an offer here **

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Abstract Response
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We’ve been listening and actively putting feedback into practice. By bringing on a new executive team, our goal was to establish strong leadership and direction to evolve Abstract’s product and ensure we’re meeting our customers’ needs while empowering our team to do their best work.

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