Pros
In all honesty, there's a lot of pros in working for this company, if you're a millennial, or have the view that your day job should be fun, and hip. They have a game room, excellent break room stacked with healthy, good food. They also have a monthly event called a build event that they have catered. There are also parties, and fun gets together's. The company is also pretty good about time off if you talk to them about it. The juice is good. Meaning, since they're a supplement company, I'll say I did enjoy the monthly allotment to the products Ski Passes! Yeah, I said it, the company has ski passes you can check out! I'm not sure if they're doing it this year, due to issues that happened previously, but I know it's something that made working there somewhat enjoyable.
Cons
So, the Cons list. I've hesitated writing this review for six months, due to my time at the company, but in learning from one of my friends that things still haven't changed, I thought I'd open up and offer my review of the company before they go on a hiring spree. The company is great if you're only planning on staying somewhere for only a year. It has the possibilities for you to understand international business ethics and marketing strategies. The management will preach that there's room for growth with in the company and that you'll be rewarded for your hard work, whereas in all honesty in my time there, I never felt appreciated, and or rewarded for hard work, and in knowing that very few ever received raises, I'll call BS on that. Speaking of compensation and raises. Go in hot, and high, cause you're never going to see a dime more than you ask for. They pray that you're fresh out of school and don't know what to ask for, or know your self-worth. Even if you are promoted to a "leadership" position, they'll promise you a raise and then hold out making sure you "earn it." Which I personally find unethical. Note: I'm answering the rating section low, for compensation and benefits, from that of which I was paid. I went in "hot" and was treated well in this area, where as I know others were not. The company boasts that it has money and is debt free and that they bring in money, to where they could go years without bringing in a cent, yet they can't give someone a raise? Seems fishy if you ask me. They don't honor loyalty, in knowing that some of the employees have been there 15+ years and still make under 48k, it's a joke to know that you have to beg, kick, and scream, and or threaten to get a pay increase. When the whole company would fall apart if those employees left. Also note, that the company never counters an offer. In knowing that multiple people have left due to minimum pay increases, I find it funny that a company won't match offers from other employers. Enough about compensation. The next issue I had with the company would have to do with the leadership and management. Disclaimer: This section only applies to the marketing and sales departments, in that it's the only departments I was to work within. Although there are separate departments within marketing and sales they're one in the same, at least at Unicity. I've always heard that titles within companies mean nothing and that you're just to do your job, yet, when you're told you're the title is one within a "managing position" and your coworkers get told you're something else, it causes problems. My advice to management, would not try to swindle your bosses, by telling you're hiring what they want, but tell your employees you're hiring someone else. I think my biggest complaint is that there's no real communication between management and the regular employees. There's rarely one on ones and progress reports, and although they've tried multiple times to correct this, they continue to go about it the wrong way due to employees who aren't in a managing position, yet play the game as they are. I understand that this can happen in any company, but I feel it's especially bad at Unicity. The leadership comes off as a flock of chickens with their heads cut off, due to it's always changing within higher ranks. This causes problems in that they (upper management, vice presidents, and head leaders) are always questioning who they manage, and report to. Causing confusion in what is handed down the line. Although the management seems to live by the words of Deepak Chopra "Every great change is preceded by chaos" I feel they've failed to ever produce results worth bragging about. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to bad mouth Unicity, and or the people that are associated with the company, but at the end of the day, it wasn't an enjoyable place for me. Within the department I worked, it wasn't well organized, nor was their communication. Deadlines weren't ever set, and never met, due to changes from upper management. Deadlines were pushed, yet when working with others would not be met on their ends, due to lack of communication. Within the company's marketing department they need a producer if they're going to treat it as a creative agency. I feel the project manager could work a lot more on keeping the department in line with their projects instead of trying to juggle issues that weren't within their job description. Having them work on Events and Production of videos, and conventions spreads them too thin and makes it so the communication lacks in areas it needs to be addressed. The marketing department should be a marketing department and not a creative department. They need actual statisticians, and SEO managers, as well as someone with PR experience. The only other thing I have to say is that sales, should respect the marketing department, and not walk over them, in meeting their needs.
