Great People and Culture, but IT Leadership Is Cause for Concern - Anonymous employee Freeman Employee Review

4.0
10 Sept 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Freeman has an amazing culture that has been built and sustained for decades. The people here are passionate, collaborative, and truly care about one another. Work-life balance is excellent, and the company has long been a place where employees can thrive both professionally and personally.

Cons

Over the past three years, IT has seen a revolving door of senior leaders. Each new CIO/CTO has pushed for big changes, and while those changes required tremendous effort from the team, the culture itself remained intact. Unfortunately, under the current CIO, things feel very different. Decisions and actions appear to be eroding the very fabric of Freeman’s culture. Fear has become the new normal in IT — whether you’re a leader or an individual contributor, job security feels uncertain. If the job market were stronger, I believe we’d see a significant exodus from the department.

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5.0
15 Jun 2026
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Pros

Good people, good culture, flexible hybrid schedule

Cons

It’s hard to come up with any. Pay is lower than many companies.

2.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

The pros were the per diem and the opportunity to travel. I really enjoyed visiting new cities and collaborating with kind, interesting people from across the country at different show sites. The pay was also very strong during busy seasons.

Cons

If you want to join a company where employees are undervalued, expected to obey rather than think critically, and favoritism is openly visible, then please avoid this company. The environment often felt heavily micromanaged at every level of leadership, with experiences of both covert and overt racism in the workplace. There was also a strong sense of competition and distrust among coworkers, where people would undermine one another for personal gain. Leadership and upper management appeared far more focused on optics and appearances than the actual well-being of the employees working on the show floor.

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