Started great, went downhill - Anonymous employee PublicRelay Employee Review

2.0
28 Apr 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- AMAZING co-workers - Exposure to clients and c-suite execs - Experience for CV - Location in Dublin

Cons

- Overtime work for no extra pay, expectation to work early and/or late for deadlines regularly, but they will tell you it will only happen rarely during reporting months - If you are a hard worker it is repaid with more and more work, rather than a pay rise or benefits - Fake transparency- no accountability from the top - Inability to take time off 4 of the 12 months per annum for reporting months - Company now requires all Irish staff to work 3 bank holidays and they don't give days in lieu within the legal time-frame; gross violation of labour law in many areas - Company does not have an acceptance or appreciation for Irish culture/work culture, operates like a satellite US office and expects Irish staff to act accordingly - Will still pressure you to work on bank holidays even if you can't, the company has been in Ireland for a number of years and still has not hacked covering for bank holidays (unacceptable) - Pay is terrible, barely a living wage, the company gave a base pay rise company-wide last year (3K) and used this to not give our regular annual raises - CEO is having a laugh, Sr. Operations are not supportive, favouritism is rampant. CEO uses offensive language often. - Information and skills are gatekept, gatekeeping is a key tactic for leadership and good ideas are often passed over for ones that do nothing productive - Bad leadership from the top down, company unwilling to bring in more Sr. Staff with real-world and career experience to fix clear issues in company structure -Company needs more diverse leadership, a more diverse board, and actual decision makers

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PublicRelay Response
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Thank you for the feedback. We’re sorry to hear that you were consistently working long hours. That is not what we want to be the norm. We have made changes to the operational structure and have added client resources to help ease the burden on the team.

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