A manipulative relationship - Anonymous employee Networked Insights Employee Review

Unfortunately, as Networked Insights grew in size, it didn't grow professionally. For being a relatively small organization, Networked Insights experienced many office politics, with groups of employees becoming too clingy or even ganging up in social office situations. Although the organization prided itself on its work-life balance and "fun" culture (providing a few snacks, beer, and ping pong), it didn't provide its employees with any type of growth opportunities, career development, tuition reimbursement, and training. In fact, analysts often asked about professional development both internally and externally, and this request was often ignored or put on the back burner. The leadership team is comprised of all men and even this group seems to "play favorites". There are nearly no women in leadership positions or with much authority and this subject has been handled somewhat poorly over the course of a few years. Additionally, there is no official HR department and most of the HR processes are handled by the folks in leadership, which doesn't provide a "safe zone" for its employees. Recently, the company ended up going through a somewhat massive lay-off for the size of the company, losing much of its top talent who were once highly dedicated to the organization. The lay-off was not handled too well and it might have been avoided if the company had planned ahead in terms of its client retention. The sales pipeline is very inconsistent right now and it seems like the organization placed "all its eggs in one basket" in terms of its clients in the past. They played up their big "win" with a former major client, but never learned to address the needs of its other clients on a need-by-need basis.