Poor leadership - bad business plan - Anonymous employee Scitent Employee Review

1.0
18 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good pay benefits (gym membership/phone/macbook) employees are great Fun company events

Cons

C-level and upper management is fraught with nepotism and doesn't listen to employee feedback No business acumen (c-level or board) - the business is failing quickly No room for advancement - there is a glass ceiling that only friends can cross

Scitent Response
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Thank you for taking the time to offer your feedback. We’re encouraged to see your comments regarding our benefits, fair pay and our fun company events. We do appreciate our talented employees and work very hard to make fun and engagement a part of our culture. We will continue to encourage employees to participate and take ownership of our growing culture as we move forward. We are disappointed to hear your concerns. We believe that insufficient communication between the management and the team lies at the root of at least some of these concerns. The new executive team is working very hard to improve communication and build a culture that rewards employees for excellence. We are looking for opportunities to promote team members without necessarily adding management responsibilities to their job. We continue to seek ways to ensure that new ideas from anyone in the company can be heard. Our employee-only Peer Advocacy Group helps identify and prioritize ideas, initiatives, and activities that we should be focusing on or discontinuing. We believe that this group and other communication efforts will help flatten the ‘hierarchy’ at Scitent so that everyone can have their voice heard more clearly. Our business continues to hone the expertise within the company and align the skills that we have represented in our team with our business needs. We have exceptional people working at Scitent and we will continue to look for motivated, creative, and skilled team members as we go into the future. If you would like the opportunity to speak further with our CEO to address these concerns, please send us an email at HR@scitent.com and she will reach out to you directly.

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Cons

Prioritization is always challenging for any organization. With that said, Scitent is aware and making positive intentional steps towards this. Along the lines of prioritization, I would like to see Scitent make sure that they schedule company wide initiatives along with the everyday work. I believe that leveraging the internal workforce to not only deliver solution for customers, but to also work on internal processes and improvements builds a strong culture, instills trust and breeds an engaged workforce.

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