These are not cons... But I will address some cons from past reviews and give you my personal take on them: - Overworked (Reality: Poor time management): I will say that if you come in every day to work prepared, know time management and how to organize your tasks within a simple timeline... Then you will not feel burnt out or behind on work. Because trust me if you are not good at this then you will feel very quickly like you are constantly behind but if you are on top of your Asana, write tasks down, treat it like your daily bible, and know how to prioritize, then you will have no trouble here. It is easier said than done and time management is something you work on every day to get better at and some days will be tougher than others so in the light days' strife to get ahead so when a hard day comes around it does not feel so burdensome. Remember that it is your responsibility to be on top of tasks and make sure you meet the deadlines. - Bad management (Reality: Leadership training): If you believe bad management is you ask your manager a poorly crafted question (meaning you did not research in advance or even tried to look for an answer yourself, instead want to take the easy path and ask your manager) and expect your manager to give you the easy answer, BUT instead your manager prefers to enlighten you to help and guide you to find the answer yourself even if it means that you will take an extra 10 or 20 mins to find it... that way you can break through the challenge and excel with an answer yourself and afterward feel even better that you were able to grow through it maybe even be able to help other peers who would be at the same spot as you once were and guide them through it instead of giving the answer away. If that still seems like bad management to you then I am sorry to tell you that if you expect to live an easy laid-back life at Tribu, then this will not be a good fit. There is a quote that says, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." We aim to train Leaders here not people who expect to get an answer to every question with no work. Also, be empathetic of not just your peer's time but your leaders too as they carry bigger and heavier responsibilities than you and they might not give you the easy answer but will share with you their time so they can help you. - Low pay (Reality: Fair pay): you expect to be paid like a leader and expert in your craft, meaning someone with years of experience and stories to tell under their belt, has a thing or two to teach you, knows how to navigate meetings like a pro, their to-dos are always or most of them checked at the end of the day and knows how to prioritize, and knows too that sometimes going above 40 hrs per week just to get ahead is not as if you would be sacrificing your whole life for your job to then complain about it when it happens to other employees (because it will happen, no job is black and white). Then and only THEN you can negotiate and leverage higher pay because you have demonstrated what you are capable of and what you are made of. If you are a true superstar then you will be rewarded earlier because management knows and sees when they have a rockstar between them. Because no company will throw away a good salary on someone who promises that they can do this or that and then they undeliver, show a lack of effort and work, misses timelines, and break each promise instead of rewarding the true hardworking players. Sometimes it means you and the company are simply just not a good fit but that does not give you the right to judge it simply because you could not make it thinking this job was going to be easy. There are some things in life you can't just fake until you make it. If you are truly unhappy then no workplace would want to be the reason you are unhappy and can't reach your goals in life but if it means that out there is a job that will help you unlock your inner creativity, and passion and aligns with what your goals then we will accept that, give you an honorable goodbye and truly wish you the very best. But there are always other ways you can ask for higher pay like "Hey what would it take for me to earn X amount in salary?" and Leadership will work with you and guide you to get you where you need to be so you can feel like you truly earned it through hard work, perseverance, and dedication. - They only care about money (Reality: Every business cares about money. This even applies to employees, every employee cares about how much money enters their bank account every month): I am sorry to say this but do you not care about money too? Also doesn't a company need money to keep its doors open, pay your paycheck every month, and get all the software and programs that help you do your job well? Every company is money driven and needs to meet a quota, it is what keeps the food on the table every day and guarantees that food will keep coming to the table (that includes your table as we care as well that food is still going to you and your family). But you are not just a number here either, Leadership will work and tough it out with you if you are going through a rough patch, as we all do in life, and if you show promise and like a valuable honest individual then we'll train you to where you need to be so you can earn a higher pay through your hard work and learned skills so we can help you achieve those dear goals you have set in life. - Lastly, the CEO has worked for the last 10+ years and given part of her life, time, and sweat to create the wonderful place Tribu is. Can you say proudly that you have built and still are in business after 10 years? Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. Not everyone knows what it takes to build a business or the things in life you have to sacrifice in order to build one. The people who come here know how hard freelance work is and that doing it all on your own is no mere task. We all cannot take lightly the power of being on the internet and anonymously throwing out lies about someone else's business without even knowing the truth behind it because you thought you knew everything there was to it after being a few months here. Grow some empathy.
