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Cerrell Associates

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Great potential to be great with high potential for lawsuits - Management Cerrell Associates Employee Review

2.0
4 Aug 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Wine sipping hours, almost decent pay for starters, great opportunity for starters, has a good local restaurants and retail, autonomy to do your job in the best way possible. Benefits is pretty good. You can learn a lot of office politics here.

Cons

Go in with holy oil when walking into this place. Lots of yelling and cursing, employees crying, stellar new-coming employees getting "laid-off" simply because an employee that's been there longer or has a higher up boss is threatened by someone that is actually remarkable and hard working. This company has a revolving door for interns because the leaders simply want to keep all the money for themselves and don't desire to have experienced team members. The atmosphere here is thick and you never know which way it's going to go due to erratic behaviors here -- good or bad. HR doesn't exist - the method is that you either work there, you're about to be fired because someone doesn't want you to outshine them, or you don't work there. You've got to kiss-up to everyone and keep your head down and be careful to not do your job too good because you risk losing it. There's a fake culture because there is no culture; just fake smiles and low performing employees who stuck it out to be perceived as the high performing employees because no one else would higher them when they started. Good luck.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
2 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company has a reputation with movers and shakers in Los Angeles County. There are many interesting projects and clients. When going to events tied to the city or running into folks at elected official offices, mentioning you work there brings recognition. Lee and Joe Cerrell (co-founders) were well respected by their work in local government within LA County.

Cons

Coworkers can be nosy and disingenuous. Having disagreements with certain members of staff, management or the Chairman/CEO Hal Dash can lead to a lot of emotional and mental stress. Best way to navigate this environment is to focus on professional growth and don't get attached to work friendships. Bad and egotistical executives can linger for a long time because they generate money and bring business for the company with their networks. These people can be rude, immoral, and right down unethical. It certainly takes a lot for them to be removed or disciplined if they're generating revenue for the company. Disingenuous staff is often seen hanging around these bad executives for social capital. These execs and staff bully both subtly and directly other staff members.

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