Company culture (good, bad, and ugly) dominates - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) BlueToad

2,0
27 oct. 2013
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Avantages

Very relaxed culture (shirts, shorts, hats -- all OK) Nice office space -- very open, large desks, nice views and great location Tight-knit and supportive group of co-workers Company invests in fun activities on a routine basis (bowling, movies, pot-lucks, parties, etc) The culture is all around great

Inconvénients

Most of mgmt isn't very forward-thinking The publishing industry is filled with old people unwilling to bend and this company is often filled with young, unqualified people who don't know better. The result is the company often comes off as uninformed No room to grow -- promotions are mostly lateral moves as there is a lack of middle mgmt Senior mgmt is a boy's club that has a tendency to take things personally They hire anyone which leads to lovely situations like: sexual harassment, coworkers coming to work drunk/hungover, coworkers being accused of being high, petty gossiping and "clique" style animosity The pay is really, really low even by FL standards

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Réponse de BlueToad
11y
Thank you for the positive comments that you did provide regarding our culture, office, and employees. Upward mobility can be a struggle in any small to mid-size company. We try to provide as much opportunity for our employees as possible. This includes coaching and development, as well as internal career advancement opportunities where appropriate. We are also very receptive to the needs of our employees and often work with them to find the best fit at our company for long-term success. Overall, we have put a lot of energy into organizational health over the last few years. We have developed our executive leadership team and built internal clarity around our mission, vision, and core values. We also have an exceptional group of hard-working employees and a burgeoning middle management team. I am proud of our entire team and our accomplishments over the years in terms of customer satisfaction and retention and overall customer and revenue growth. We are by no means a traditional publishing company. We are instead a technology solutions company in the digital content creation and distribution industry. We have superb, long-standing relationships with many commercial printers and publishers of content (magazines, journals, catalogs, circulars, and documents). I believe our success is centered around our core values, including our desire to maintain honest and transparent relationships with our partners, customers, and employees. People are people and no work environment is perfect. We try to create a rewarding employment opportunity by ensuring that we provide at a minimum fair pay, great culture, and great benefits. Although the minimum wage in Florida is $8.05, no one at our company makes less than $11.00 per hour. If we see employee behavior issues or concerns, we will take reasonable action to address them and provide a good work environment. We do not tolerate any type of harassment in our office, especially sexual harassment. To the extent there were “interpersonal relationship” issues amongst our employees in the past, I believe they have either been addressed long ago or no longer exist. We have built a professional work environment with a solid culture (as you acknowledge in your post), where happiness and family play an important role.

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5,0
9 mars 2023
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Avantages

The team is small but efficient. Most of the employees I worked with had been with the organization for some time and had a lot of cohesion. The execs were part of day to day operations and drove the business on a day to day. But day to day did not mean micro managed. I generally felt everyone had a job and worked to move things forward each day.

Inconvénients

Not many that I can think of. There is only so much growth with a business that is efficient with low turn over.

2,0
28 août 2017
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Avantages

1) Since it's not a very large company (based on number of employees), the people you see and work with everyday begin to feel like family. 2) There was one year when I worked there that we did some fun employee recognition-centered activities; one time we had a picnic, or we would go bowling. 3) Management doesn't hide in their office much, they get out and talk to the employees and seem genuinely interested in getting to know the people that work for them. 4) They'll pretty much hire anyone, so if you're desperate for a job they're a good place to apply.

Inconvénients

1) As I mentioned in #1 in the 'Pros' section, working at BlueToad is similar to working with your family. In some ways it's great, but it's also dysfunctional. Personal issues would sometimes trump professionalism. Not only with low-level employees but also management. You always knew it if one manager was feuding with another. 2) Weird upper management/employee boundaries and relationships - there were some weird boundary/relationship issues that they had with the previous CEO years ago, but the boundaries I'm referring to are different - upper management will treat some employees as friends and invite them to gatherings, etc. outside of the office. The upper management/employee lines get blurred. It was weird coming to work and hearing your coworkers talking about how they partied with upper management over the weekend, and some of the things I learned about management as a result of those conversations are things that made me view them in a negative light. Management never hid that they were friends with some employees outside of work. Interestingly, those were the employees that seemed to get better raises and perks compared to the rest of us. 3) Because they value a family-like feel, they tend to hire a lot of friends and significant others of existing employees, which is great until there's a blowout with the friend/significant other. The company isn't very big, so the tension is felt and it affects everyone. 4) Upper management is a boy's club - if you're female, you won't make it to those ranks.

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Réponse de BlueToad
7y
We appreciate the positive comments and will otherwise always take a serious look at constructive feedback about the company and culture. While I am responding a bit late, as the CEO, I'm unaware of your specific complaints being a real issue here. We are by no means a perfect company, but I am proud of our professionalism and team environment. Unfortunately, glassdoor has developed into a platform for employees to publicly vent after leaving a company - many times unfairly. As the employer, we are left little choice but to respond in some way to each posting. However, absent actively pushing happy employees to post to the site, glassdoor rarely reflects the thoughts and feelings of the majority. You simply cannot please everyone and that is a fact of life. Thanks again for the feedback, and good luck in your future employment.
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