Good Company being driven into ground by poor management!
Pros
I am not a disgruntled employee & will try to provide a fair assessment in terms of what I have experienced firsthand. SMG Convonix is a good place to start your career in Digital Marketing. The research oriented work, the training sessions are good and you get to learn a lot. Opportunities are given to interact with clients and understand their business models which is a big plus. Decent salary, perks, the occasional team outings provide you solace for the first few months.
Cons
Blurry vision: The higher ups probably know what they want, but it is communicated very poorly to the staff. Half of them don't know what they are doing. Long term planning seems practically non-existent in a lot of areas. You'll see it "presented" on flashy ppts from time to time with no real context or detail. No focus on employee retention:I was there for more than a year and saw at least 15-20 people come and go.This isn't an exaggeration and is quite high for a company having less than 200 employees. However the senior management seems least concerned about it. (The company has a child like obsession with hiring college grads just because they're cheaper.) Work environment can sometimes be too casual. People can disappear for a 1 hour smoke/tea breaks and no one would care. Very rarely do they get called for it, and bad habits are left to grow worse. Transportation: Buses ply at odd hours.This is ironic given the fact that the HR dept knows most of the employees work till late.After 8 transport is hard to find and the area is unsafe for women. Project Managers: (a fancy designation that has been given to people who don’t even know the responsibilities that come with it.. I ain't generalizing....a couple of them are good…but the rest..!.) Most are freshers themselves who are socially inept trying to work professionally and have been promoted to PM level on the basis of tenure. Abusive language, dirty politics …the list goes on.No one keeps a tab allowing them to work at free will. The most baffling part when someone approaches the senior management regarding this, is that they respond with statements like "That's how it is in every field...." as though that's somehow acceptable. After a few months, there's something inherently sad and toxic about the work environment, that's hard to put your finger on. You can feel it when you walk into the office. People are powering through it, but ultimately the work will feel a bit "soulless." "Lastly, There is a striking similarity between the senior management & the Govt. " Whenever you approach them with a proposal/advice/complain all you get is a false assurance that measures will be taken...
