Inefficient, Unorganized, and Lack of Leadership - Anonymous employee TrueBlue Employee Review

1.0
12 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

• Location in Downtown Tacoma • Great Views from the building

Cons

Lack of leadership from departments to executive level • Executive level very disconnected from worker bee employees. • Mid level managers and directors are overpaid with no accountability • Majority of work done by lower level employees with very little guidance • Lots of initiatives started by leadership are not ever trickled down to lower levels  resulting in wasted efforts and funds on half baked initiatives Lack of updated or integrated technology • Technology is outdated and hard to use/give customers what they want • Makes work done with little training and guidance more difficult Unclear Roles • Training is limited and role clarity is not laid out well • Lots of people doing double duties • Right arm does not know what left arm does • No accountability, so allowed to continue • Lack of clarity at corporate and between field and corporate Layoffs and Cost Cutting • Several layoffs and cost cuts in the last few years while bonuses for high level employees continue, internal conferences, and trips to Cancun are still in action. • Hard to see the worker bees get cut when those in power seem to not have a grip on spending and at the same time put more pressure on the few worker bees left. Lack of Growth • There is little to no career opportunity at TrueBlue • A lot of promises are made to a lot of folks, but very little is followed through on

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Pros

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Cons

The culture has become toxic and divisive — collaboration has been replaced with fear and favoritism. Leadership often rewards the loudest voices rather than the most effective or ethical performers. Poor communication and inconsistent expectations across teams; what’s praised one week is criticized the next. Favoritism and cliques create a sense of exclusion and mistrust, making it hard to build true teamwork. Upper leadership created a punitive environment Terrible resources to do the work effectively Upper management/leaders HR Leaders Current employees receiving a promotion are paid less than a new employee coming in for the same role Terrible pay scale for the required experience level

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