Toxic work environment led by unprofessional, green management. - Senior Analyst Clutch Employee Review

Ever since I started, it increasingly felt as if working at Clutch had a negative impact of employees' mental health given the rumor mill that has taken the place of actual professional company communications, poor personnel and business management, and other various unprofessional practices that have been normalized in this toxic environment. In my time at Clutch, this is how things appeared to me: 1) Alcohol and favoritism - employees come in hungover, often still smelling of alcohol. If you follow this pattern of binge drinking with co-workers, it seems that you can get in with the in-crowd and get promoted by becoming a 'favorite' - this is often what is speculated. Otherwise, you will feel judged, socially a misfit, and your progress at the company will be severely hindered. Not only is this unprofessional and unethical, but it also doesn't demonstrate one of Clutch's claimed "core values" of empathy - for example, if an employee has/had a drinking problem/alcoholism and feels uncomfortable around alcohol, there is no safe space to be found and no sense of empathy or understanding shown by management since there are no company social events without alcohol. With a tap in the kitchen, and employees drinking daily starting at 5 (and sometimes earlier), before the official work day is even over (at 5:30), there is no reprieve from an alcoholic work culture. 2) Poor HR practices, inflexible hours and distrust of employees. The office itself did not have fair labor practices posters until about 9-10 months ago (despite being a 7-8 year old company). 3) Punishing people for wanting a work life balance. Management does not represent a good work life balance either. Highest ranked employees appear to work all hours of the day and night, and on their vacation time. If you don't stay past 6 PM daily, you're considered not engaged and not worthy of taking on new projects or opportunities. If you ask what you can do to improve and gain access to these opportunities, management may bluntly tell you that you need to stay later than 6 PM (even though the working day ends at 5:30). 4) Claiming to hire "all stars." However all employees simply begin doing middle of the road business development and sales work. Misleading title of "Business Analyst" - the role is not at all technical and does not resemble any kind of BA work. The role is purely business development, sales, and account management. The company seems to almost exclusively hire fresh out of college so employees have nothing to measure the terrible management and work environment against. 5) Individuals always seem to be promoted to highest level of incompetence, resulting in management that doesn't appear to have any transferable skills. They seem to lack perspective and people skills. Management often pulls from and manipulates "start-up culture" jargon to attempt to justify management malpractice. They rely on phrases such as "continuous improvement" and vague ideas of "empathy" that do not feel like they're supported by any substantial management practices. Management also does not seem to take responsibility for their decisions or how they might impact their employees/supervisees. They push blame onto their mentees for their own mistakes, rather than showing real leadership. They also often bad-mouth other employees, past and present. In summary: Clutch feels like a toxic work environment and has cliques that contribute to the passive aggressive and opaque communication around the office. If you're a recent grad, put in one or two years to gain some vague business experience if you're interested in business development. Otherwise, stay far away and gain transferable experience elsewhere where you can work with real adults.