Ungodly amount of meetings - Production Assistant Steno Employee Review

3.0
22 Oct 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Free desktop set up - monitor, chair, desk that raises, keyboard, footrest, extension cord.

Cons

There were at least 3-4 meetings a day, at least for the production team. It was absolutely unnecessary especially when we had Friday meetings to "bond". And the worst part is that you have to keep your camera on, which truly was the most draining part of working here. I think I could have lasted longer if people were allowed to have their zoom cameras off. I understand that it's to connect but not everybody needs to connect, we can connect if we want to but some of us just don't care about getting to know our colleagues we're here for a paycheck. There was also a lot of redundancy which is due to the system not being fully built and even with some things being built you still have to input the same info that you just checked off into another task on the same page. Also expect to work 9 hours a day. Not necessarily a Con but most of the top people are all related. And an upper-level manager is misogynistic.

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Steno Response
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Thank you for the feedback and sharing your viewpoint with us. As a fully remote organization, we are intentional with our meetings and face time across the business, though we are always striving for a balance between efficiency and effective communication, and on the lookout for ways to streamline our meetings. From what you described, it sounds like we didn’t meet your expectations on frequency of meetings or work efficiency, and we take that feedback to heart as we try to grow, evolve our processes, and better serve our team’s needs and working styles. We are cognizant of giving our employees mind space to think, learn, and create, and we have adjusted our team and company-wide meetings to enable better work-life balance. That said, we do value regular meetings and face-to-face collaboration, as they are an integral part of how we build and maintain our culture, how we constantly innovate, and how we deliver highly reliable service to our clients, despite being fully remote. As a former teammate, we’re sorry we didn’t get a chance to talk through the concerns you raised, particularly if you had an experience with someone that left you feeling uncomfortable. For all employees, we always encourage direct communication with leaders to share feedback and partnering with our People Operations team when additional guidance and support may be necessary.

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