POSSIBLE Reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(309 total reviews)

Martha Hiefield

82% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

POSSIBLE has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 309 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The POSSIBLE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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309 reviews
1.0
21 Jul 2016

Possible no more

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good office location, directly above shopping malls and public transportation. Friday beers. Friendly staffs, especially those that has been working here for more than a couple of years.

Cons

Possible has been taken over by XM ceo. With the new ceo, things are going downhill at a rapid rate. - High turnover rate The company use to be a family oriented, whereby discussions and suggestion are always accepted with an open mind. When there is just too much of difference in opinion between the new ceo and the possible staff, instead of having a proper discussion, he brings in his own from his ex-company and place it at key position to leverage the playing field. Slowly, people of key importance are being phase out by his own. As the time goes by creativity become restricted and ideas tend to be more bias towards xm team, possible team starts to leave one by one. - Company transparency reduced. The company direction, revenue, internal promotions, new hires and leavers are kept quiet most of the time. Staff will only know through rumors or when the person has left. Leavers are warned not to tell anyone until the final week, which is a joke especially to the person that take over. He has to cram in as much as he can within a week while the notice period of a leaver is 2 months. - Increase in office politics and no career progression Yes, there is a lot of office politics going on now. If you do a crummy job but kiss the right behinds of the correct people, you will get rewarded very well. - Reduce perks Not much to complain about just lesser fruits, no more department outings and no/less bonus Internal promotions are mostly happening for xm team though while company perks and bonus are reduced. I guess we know where they are going to now. - Reduce cost and quality There are various occasions that the company try to outsource the project to other vendors and our staff end up redoing it with a lesser amount of time. This is going to happen again when they are trying to outsource it to India and China. For those departments that does not have a proper head of departments, I doubt they will find one soon with this hidden agenda going on.

1.0
21 Nov 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some interesting work, good creative, smart people in Marketing Sciences group and Creative group.

Cons

The CEO " leads" by ghost-written articles and company emails, and by hiring people who cover for his drunk exploits. He has a horrible temper, and chooses favorites and scapegoats. If you work in proximity to him, you'd better hope you have "earned" being a favorite and are willing to do what it takes to remain one - look the other way when he makes sexist remarks, blows thousands on booze and other activities best left unsaid, and has other people write his "thought leadership" pieces. Much of the company culture revolves around this type of dysfunction.

1.0
17 Sept 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I enjoyed the flexibility of work schedule, seeing the dogs around the office, and fresh fruit being brought in.

Cons

You put in a lot, and I mean a lot, of hours and this gets you absolutely nowhere. This place is run by people who need to grow up - not cool for a 40+ year old high-level executive to get kicked out of bars- and they need to learn respect for their employees. But this will never happen as they prefer to be a frat house, and if you don't fit in with them, you will not get promoted nor will you get a raise. The pay is extremely low for the Seattle area and in my opinion, a few free beers or glass of wine does NOT make up for a decent paycheck. The benefts are horrible and 401k doesnt even kick in until you've been there for 3 years, but not many people want to stay that long. This place also thinks being vulgar and saying unprofessional things is something to be proud of. There is even a weekly competition to whom said the most vulgar thing - completely unprofessional- But they think it's cool and this is what they consider "culture". When an executive has to send out an email stating condom wrappers have been found in a room used by lactating mom`s, there is a huge problem. This is the worst place I've ever worked so learn from my mistake and don't take the job! There is no salary, no benefits, rampant cronyism, and no chance for promotion. What I described above describes their culture and if you're willing to sacrife the above mentioned items for free alcohol, then this is the place for you. If not willing to make that sacrifice, look elsewhere.

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