Company Culture Doesn't Deliver - Profit > People - Anonymous employee Scribe Media Employee Review

-Salaries are on the very low end, which is disappointing considering Scribe is a profitable company and the cost of living in Austin is exponentially increasing by the day. They are also slow and stubborn to award raises. Expect long delays, carrot dangling, and unrealistic paths with moving goalposts. -Micromanagement (some roles don't seem to experience this, though), rapidly shifting priorities and expectations, poor organization and execution. -One member of the executive team is infamous for disrespecting and talking down to the employees. Management seemed too fearful to confront this person's behavior. -There was one firing every two months during my time there, which is a lot for such a small company (roughly 7-8% of the full-time staff by my calculations). These dismissals provoked a degree of fear and insecurity internally. -They claimed to be remote-friendly, but there was always pressure to work from the office (most opted to go mask-less), even during the height of the pandemic. This resulted in a Covid outbreak or two. -Susceptibility to burnout due to start-up mentality, high volume of clients, and high internal revenue growth expectations. -There was a lot of emphasis on the "profit share" benefit during my interview process. When I joined, I found out the quarterly profit share had only been paid out only once. It was paid out again once more during my time there (a small sum). After a record-breaking profitable quarter, the CEO announced that they would be restructuring the profit share to a "performance-based bonus," which was to be paid out only once per year going forward, We never saw any money from that record-breaking quarter and the new bonus structure was weak, to say the least. -Long story short, the experience of working at Scribe did not align with the respectful, trusting, people-first culture I was told to expect when I signed on.