An unfortunate trajectory - Engineer FM Employee Review

2.0
7 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people (at the local level), short and long term benefits are very competitive.

Cons

Where to begin... like a few others here, I truly thought I would work my entire career at FM. I've worked here over 10 years and never once heard of anyone getting laid off. I valued this stability and felt like the company cared about its employees. A few years ago, there was definitely a cultural shift. Since then, I'm not sure I recognize the company I once was so proud to be a part of. The strict vaccine mandate, with no option to continue working predominantly remotely and to test/mask whenever it would be necessary to enter an FM office, was the final nail. For a company who prides themselves on assessing risk, they sure have missed the mark with covid and the vaccines. These shots do little to prevent infection or transmission after only a couple months following inoculation. This has nothing to do with public safety and everything to do with politics. I will not miss this organization when I am terminated January 4th, simply for trusting in my own immune system. So much for diversity and inclusion!

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5.0
17 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good company, fantastic work life balance and people there are really nice

Cons

salary is okay but not the best compared with the other big tech companies

2.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Great business model at the foundation * Solid compensation program: Base salary + bonus * Sustained high profitability over the long term * Stable employement * Pension Plan

Cons

* Extremely hierarchical and regimented * Promotions based on favortism rather than true merit. Employees are precategorized and stigmatized on their ability for future career progression. * Extremely focused on metrics and internal objectives. This leads to box checking, cutting corners and bending rules to meet the numbers. * Extremely heavy workload. No work-life balance. * Management doesn't really incorporate employee feedback; they pretend to to check a box. * Quality of job suffers to keep up with quantity. Everything is becoming data driven and the data is often wrong. Enormous pressure to hit a button and accept at face value whatever the system spews out. * Our CEO builds fancy gold plated office buildings that aren't needed and pulled the plug on hybrid work to justify the investment in the real estate.

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