Anonymous
05/27/2021 10:38
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:First company I quit: it wasn’t office wide culture, but my boss was terrible. She eventually was fired / escorted out for doing something unethical (I was never clear what) but she’d been acting weird for ages. Grievances included the time we had a meeting while we was in her bra (I knocked, she said come in, I apologized thinking I had misheard, and she said “come on in! It’s really hot in here!) and the time she sent a company-wide email that I was no longer allowed unsupervised in the supply room because she had noticed that some “sign here” stickers and a roll of toilet paper were missing. Not only is that just bizarre, but obviously implied I was stealing. And it made me really angry that rather than calling her on her BS I got banned from the supply room and had to ask her every time I needed more pens or paper clips. Especially because she’d ask me why I needed a pen “I let you get one last month”. When she got hauled out by security I already had the wheels moving to quit.
Second company I quit there was rampant sexism. I asked for a raise and made a pitch for it and was told that the job was really something best for “someone who can be one of the guys” and I should focus instead on finance (wasn’t my area) as “women are good at getting other people’s money.” I had some concern when I interviewed and they asked whether I was single or married, but I chalked that up to them being small / not having an HR dept.
wow, you have stories!
Anonymous
05/27/2021 10:34
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
I'm getting ready to leave my current job b/c
1) There is no performance review/career ladder/salary discussion. ever. It is frowned upon to bring it up. 3 years running. company is several hundred people
2) People are very randomly promoted with no raise, but responsibility added to their current load.
3) Expectation is that people email and work at all hours - head of company expects working to occur at 11:00 at night on a regular basis.
4) I found a job posting on the company website. No one internal was informed of this position. I am 100% qualified to do the position, and it would be a slight promotion. I submitted my application and emailed the hiring manager directly explaining my background in previous jobs doing this exact thing, and what I could bring to the table. The hiring manager didn't even bother to respond to my email. I get if they think I'm not a fit, but it was very disrespectful. If you look at my resume I'm a very strong match for the position.
So yeah. whew writing it all out is cathartic and also prompting me to look harder for a new job lol.
1) There is no performance review/career ladder/salary discussion. ever. It is frowned upon to bring it up. 3 years running. company is several hundred people
2) People are very randomly promoted with no raise, but responsibility added to their current load.
3) Expectation is that people email and work at all hours - head of company expects working to occur at 11:00 at night on a regular basis.
4) I found a job posting on the company website. No one internal was informed of this position. I am 100% qualified to do the position, and it would be a slight promotion. I submitted my application and emailed the hiring manager directly explaining my background in previous jobs doing this exact thing, and what I could bring to the table. The hiring manager didn't even bother to respond to my email. I get if they think I'm not a fit, but it was very disrespectful. If you look at my resume I'm a very strong match for the position.
So yeah. whew writing it all out is cathartic and also prompting me to look harder for a new job lol.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:50
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
First company I quit: it wasn’t office wide culture, but my boss was terrible. She eventually was fired / escorted out for doing something unethical (I was never clear what) but she’d been acting weird for ages. Grievances included the time we had a meeting while we was in her bra (I knocked, she said come in, I apologized thinking I had misheard, and she said “come on in! It’s really hot in here!) and the time she sent a company-wide email that I was no longer allowed unsupervised in the supply room because she had noticed that some “sign here” stickers and a roll of toilet paper were missing. Not only is that just bizarre, but obviously implied I was stealing. And it made me really angry that rather than calling her on her BS I got banned from the supply room and had to ask her every time I needed more pens or paper clips. Especially because she’d ask me why I needed a pen “I let you get one last month”. When she got hauled out by security I already had the wheels moving to quit.
Second company I quit there was rampant sexism. I asked for a raise and made a pitch for it and was told that the job was really something best for “someone who can be one of the guys” and I should focus instead on finance (wasn’t my area) as “women are good at getting other people’s money.” I had some concern when I interviewed and they asked whether I was single or married, but I chalked that up to them being small / not having an HR dept.
Second company I quit there was rampant sexism. I asked for a raise and made a pitch for it and was told that the job was really something best for “someone who can be one of the guys” and I should focus instead on finance (wasn’t my area) as “women are good at getting other people’s money.” I had some concern when I interviewed and they asked whether I was single or married, but I chalked that up to them being small / not having an HR dept.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:49
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
I left years ago for a company that loved face time for a company that was much more flexible.
It was a game changer. Love WFH a few days a week (and now permanently).
It was a game changer. Love WFH a few days a week (and now permanently).
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:48
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:Let people leave, don't fill positions, expect us to pick up the work, no raises in two years.
I get frustrated and don’t understand why companies do this.
It’s epecially frustrating when leaders decide on a “one promotion per year” policy. And, these leaders act flummoxed when people feel burnt out, under-appreciated and opt to leave.
Triple the affront when idiotic hiring decisions or not promoting people who actually hold the place together.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:21
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:The company took its "rivalry" with a competitor way too seriously. To the point where it felted like a high school sports rivalry. I previously worked at a competitor and was always asked about my former coworkers (what schools they went to, their bonuses, what areas they commuted from). One person even said verbatim "aren't you glad you don't work with those c-cks-ckers at Company anymore". It was so bizarre.
Oh yeah, my company is like this and it's quite weird. The funny thing is the competitor is down the street and they always say "the company who shall not be named down the street." Like Voldemort or something.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:16
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Company that has to remind you it is at-will employer, yet wonders why there is no employee loyalty.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 09:14
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:Let people leave, don't fill positions, expect us to pick up the work, no raises in two years.
Are we in the same place? I'm not going to work 18 hours/day because they won't hire people. Get out of there.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 08:49
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
CEO was a big baby he would yell and ream people out for being late on email repaonses, etc no positive reinforcement , everyone just played a long and it was one of those king complex. Most good people quit, the mediocre people were able to stick around as all they did was do what the CEO wanted which was random tasks and writeups that amljnted to nothing substantive.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 08:23
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:When the management team hired a bunch of recent college graduates and used them as emotional crutches, punching bags, scapegoats, and the source of any and all good ideas while gaslighting them that they were terrible human beings.
Gosh. This sounds like daughter’s college coaches.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 07:57
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Contractor. Whenever there was a fed holiday they would make us come into the tiny contractor office and squeeze together like sardines. We couldn’t do actual fed work for our fed clients on those days so they would give us other made-up “consulting” BS to do that they could then bill our clients for.
During my exit interview as a nicety they asked if there was anything they could do to keep me. Haha.
During my exit interview as a nicety they asked if there was anything they could do to keep me. Haha.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 06:48
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Anonymous wrote:Getting a passive aggressive group email that referenced my inability to work on a last minute pitch one Saturday. It was my wedding day (they knew, and I had already sent in my portions via email that morning). I began sending out resumes after I got back from my honeymoon.
Oh my gosh that is awful! I was once yelled at for being underprepared when outlining a proposal to my boss. Note, I had given birth the day she sent it for analysis...two days prior.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 05:25
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Getting a passive aggressive group email that referenced my inability to work on a last minute pitch one Saturday. It was my wedding day (they knew, and I had already sent in my portions via email that morning). I began sending out resumes after I got back from my honeymoon.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 05:17
Subject: What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
SO many working with older BigLaw partners, but one that stands out is an older partner stopping me in the hall to ask if I could order him a tuna sandwich before for his next meeting. I gave a tight smile and said I’d pass the message on to his secretary. I was the Senior PR Manager for the firm.
Anonymous
05/27/2021 03:42
Subject: Re:What Cringe Company Office Culture Made You Quit?
Open floor plan, every time. Employers, stop with this nonsense. This is an idea whose time was never.