Pros
-The people who genuinely embody the joy, spirit, and mission that this company boasts of are its lower level team members. They deserve everything although they are given little to nothing.
-The workplace is located in close proximity to an In-N-Out location and team members seem to love that.
-A significant amount of our team members have an incredible amount of talent, unfortunately that talent is often wasted and underutilized by the leadership.
-Many team members are actively seeking new employment and prayerfully God is removing many of them and blessing them with new roles.
-Health benefits are an average high deductible healthcare plan a 70 dollar monthly health incentive (after tax) and 3 weeks pto/6 sick days a year, a coffee shop and a cafeteria both cost money but slightly discounted. All in all the benefits package is an average pro.
-Many people actually are at K-LOVE to serve the Lord (although there's a thousand rules now, which makes it hard) and one another rather than leaving their own legacy and to those people I say, "You are incredible, you are a blessing, and you are held in the hands of a mighty God. Let your light so shine before men."
Cons
This is a very long list and it would be so nice if Glassdoor offered an index. Just as the company loves to do let me place some verses out of context with each one of the con points.
-It's Pride Month, which feels like an apt time to mention how much pride (and arrogance) currently runs this company. For the record: it is not a ministry internally, regardless of how often that word gets used. (Proverbs 11:2)
-Executive leadership is, a work in progress, at least what's left of them (so many exists of executives). Some were fired (which is weird since K-LOVE screams about team members being called, except the ones we fire, our CEO chooses their calling) and some wisely chose to exit. The CEO has been described as both delusional and manipulative, while also being remarkably easy to manipulate himself, an impressive duality. As staff and executives continue to leave at quickening rate, leadership has attributed this to spiritual warfare rather than their inconsistent, ill-equipped leadership. (Gal 6:7) I guess God just called a mass exodus to go elsewhere.
-Director-level and above is full of career climbers, leaving the few remaining workers micromanaged and unproductive. (Phil 2:3)
-Leadership has openly admitted to telling HR that people are quitting because of return-to-office policy and a company-wide "Covenant." The more likely explanation would be leadership itself, but why would a leader take responsibility when there are so many other things to shift the blame to. (Gen 3:12-13)
-Gaslighting isn't an occasional issue here, it's a core competency. (Is 5:20)
-Internal communications lean on manipulation: crying babies, war sound effects, and a recurring message that simply showing up to work means you saved someone today "because how would God ever reach anyone with the gospel without "K-LOVE" God's gift to the world" (Eph 2:8-9)
-Theology here is applied loosely and mainly as a tool of persuasion rather than, theology. (2 Tim 4)
-Unethical practices are frequent enough to be a pattern, not an exception.
Rules appear to be invented on the spot by whichever leader happens to be nearby. (Prov 29:18)
-New brands launch with no strategy (not all but most), often staffed by the CEO's personal connections or people simply fluent in Christian buzzwords, qualifications have become completely optional. (Prov 29:18 again)
-HR responds to employee reviews with copy-paste denials about job titles not existing.
-There are fake 5 star reviews on here, is it the CEO having his new hires write two line reviews? Currently we only have maybe 3 VPs in the company. It's shady at best.
-Retaliation isn't just tolerated, at this point it's a company value.
-Then there's the Covenant (a document that for the most part I agree with): a document leadership introduced with a signing deadline, followed by passive-aggressive emails, a suspiciously timed job posting, and finally multiple ultimatums and a few propaganda pieces. Unfortunately this covenant has created a culture of sin as people feel they must lie to save their jobs. (Romans 14:3) Humans in leadership have now become the judge and jury of sin instead of leaving that to the Lord to work in the hearts of those who work here.
-Leadership blames the toxicity on people's lack of faith and unwillingness to accept change. Take the log out.
-Growth opportunities here are nonexistent, "Pathways" program is seemingly a joke. The only real pathway most people find is the one leading out the door.
-If you've been in the music/ccm industry for a while you know that K-LOVE is very steadily becoming the least respected CCM entity in the industry. If you don't see it, understand that money still talks even in a place that touts itself as a ministry.
- WARNING: if you are thinking about applying here, are in the process of applying here, we know the market is hard right now, but I encourage you really pray and evaluate. Give it some time to heal or for the Lord to break it apart into a million little bits, whichever happens know that God is still in it.
