Clay Reviews

I have worked as an administrative professional for 8 years and never in my life had I lost weight and questioned my own self worth more. I was hired for an Office Manager and Executive assistant to the CEO role. Right off the bat, the training was non-existent/abysmal so the learning curve of what was needed for the role was steep. Anything written down was half the information. My manager (The head of Ops) was not even around for the first week and a half, and when he came back, he was already disappointed that certain things were not complete, although I had little guidance on finishing tasks or how things needed to be done. Next, I learned quickly that work/life balance was not at all important at this company. In fact, after I told the CEO that I was working full 8-9 hour days so busy that I took no breaks and barely took time for lunch, I was told I needed to work more if that was the case. Because “we are all working.” I lost 10 lbs in the first 4 weeks working here. (I only weighed 115. I did not have weight to lose) I tried adjusting my responsibilities, taking initiative, explaining to my manager that this role was too much, but he instead chalked it up to my inability to do well. I have excelled and been promoted in all of my past roles, but was gaslit into believing I was truly inept. In my last week, I was told I had two weeks to meet expectations. But was let go with 4 days severance just after a week. It's obvious that they know what is required for engineering and sales roles here. That's why they are doing so well as a tech startup. But if you are being hired for an administrative role, be prepared that they have zero knowledge of the time it takes for things to get done with the quality you'd want to give. When I met and was trained by the person who was the current office manager, who was actually hired to do a separate job in addition to this role, she was completely overwhelmed and given zero support. They recently moved into a large new office that required a lot of TLC, continuously expanding, and wanted to do a lot for internal morale and culture. In addition, the head of people ops was neither understanding of her position and clearly did not get the time and mental load required to meet his expectations. He would scoff at her admissions of being overwhelmed, and he probably did of mine. This is not a manager I wanted to work for, and after being fired I was so relieved that I no longer had to show up to this place every day.

Like any startup, you'll have to learn how to calibrate your emotional reactions and parse out actionable feedback from high-stakes scenarios. You need to be a good listener, and an emotionally introspective person, to thrive at Clay.