Shiftgig reviews about "layoff"

Layoffs and low employee morale during changing times. It’s inevitable for the business to address personal costs to become profitable and tactful communication and precautions should be taken to address these reductions. Ultimately this led to several great people leaving voluntarily as it started to feel very unstable.

I was one of the 75 employees laid off in December, though I was desperately looking for another job when it happened. I'm sure there is an element of sour grapes to my review, but I will try to be as truthful as possible. During my time at Shiftgig, I worked with some of the most inexperienced and unprofessional people I've ever encountered. I get that it's a startup so they couldn't afford to pay much, but given its potential, they should have been more discerning in their hiring practices. I'd like to preface this by saying that most of the people I'm describing here are really, really good human beings. I have no personal animus toward them, but as coworkers, they were a drain and an obstacle. The people I worked with sometimes dressed really inappropriately, said immature and inappropriate things, were so cynical and jaded that they were a pain to work with, had little in the way of good ideas, or a combination thereof. The irony is that almost every single one of these folks was allowed to keep their jobs. Some even got promoted. I assume it's because they are inexpensive and pliable. When the new CEO came in, he mentioned how important top talent is, even if it costs more, so I expected the layoffs to include at least some of these employees. Instead, many, many of them got to stay. The executive team leaves a lot to be desired. Very little leadership or guidance, even less accountability (unless it directly relates to profit). I would say more, but it would be too specific for Glassdoor's guidelines.

-Low pay -Company wide layoff two weeks before Christmas destroyed office culture and morale -There are seemingly little opportunities of career path or growth since reorganizing the company into new buckets -The reorg seemed rushed, there has been little direction of the company outside of people who were kept on board falling back into old (bad) habits -Lack of training when being hired. New hires seem to be lost and frustrated -The company as a whole has a very defensive mindset; everyone is fearful of criticism and are constantly looking to place blame outside of themselves. This makes collaboration a challenge, and change reluctant/nonexistent -Asking for additional resources will be like pulling teeth -The tech is glitchy. Updates and bug fixes are slow. Adding additional features is slow. There are well known workarounds to perform job functions -Senior management are able to pitch "big picture" but have little understanding or knowledge on the day to day operations -At its core, this is a temporary staffing agency, not a technology platform

10-12 hour days, constant worry of another round of layoffs, uncertain direction of company