Only Giving 2 Stars Because Working Here Taught Me Hard to Swallow Life Lessons - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Vertical Screen

Where do I begin? I truly don't think that any amount of desperation would make working here worth it. I worked my way up the corporate ladder here. I worked in 2 different departments, (in multiple positions), and in the department I started in, worked my way up to a supervisor. I'm sure, like many former and current employees, you've read the other reviews. Most are negative and there are definitely common themes in all of those. They're all true. From a low-level researcher prospective, the extent that socializing was discouraged and personal phone usage was completely discouraged was unnecessary, (especially in an adult work environment). Supervisors/higher ups were allowed to do everything that the researchers were not allowed to do, with no consequences, (if they were a favorite of upper management, that is). Gossip was rampant in every department and little to nothing was done to control it. The goals were almost impossible to meet every day and you were constantly bombarded about “getting your numbers up” even when you were working as quickly as you could without jeopardizing work quality. The building was freezing and unnecessarily flashy, in my opinion. I think money spent on making the building look fancy, would have been better spent getting more desks so people didn't need to share. Being a supervisor only opened my eyes to how bad things were throughout the entire company. It was apparent that reason the goals were so high, was because the turnover rate was so high and the company needs to keep pushing more, and more work out while they take on new clients they don't have the manpower to properly handle. (Do you blame people for leaving though?) It was made clear to me that I should motivate my employees to work as hard as possible but to also not reward them, (in the way of treats, small trinkets, etc) because they weren't meeting their numbers and didn't deserve it. I was also not given the resources to offer appropriate bonuses/monetary incentives to work large amounts of overtime or push out large amounts of work during a normal shift. I still am unsure how I was supposed to motivate adults to work harder without giving them more money/food/things. Even making it to a supervisor, I was treated poorly and at times bullied by my peers. A majority of other supervisors/management in my department at the time, (and from what I saw and heard from other departments), are catty gossips, power hungry, and will take any chance they can to isolate someone who doesn't agree with their ideas on what is “the right way to supervise”. (If you're not with them, you're against them.) I personally haven’t seen anyone at any other company I’ve worked at supervise in the same way. I can personally attest to being treated badly enough by some of my co-workers, equals, and superiors to the point where I sought a position in another department to escape. I finally left when I realized how severely working for this company affected my health/physical/mental well-being. I did not feel supported by HR and I did not feel HR did a good job supporting my fellow co-workers/employees under me. If I were a business owner, I would not use their services. There is so much more to say and that I experienced here but I've already written a lot to digest. I'd like to note two things. 1-I'm not just a bitter employee. I wanted to like working here and I worked hard. Leaving here in the end did leave me with mixed emotions because I had gone through so much to get where I was and because a few of my former co-workers had become my friends. 2- I understand that to some extent, catty co-workers, not enough pay, etc, are common with many jobs but the extent to which this happens at this company is astounding. I've worked plenty of other jobs where these issues are nothing like what I saw working here.