This Might Be The Workplace From Nightmares - Anonymous employee ComBlu Employee Review

1.0
10 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Aside from the major female owner, the other employees were nice. Very personable and always willing to help you solve a problem.

Cons

All of the negatives about this workplace surround the major female owner. She was never involved in the hiring process, and I can see now why she wasn't. On my first day, she yelled at me for a minor mistake I made that I didn't even know I was doing incorrectly. I wrote it off as her probably having a bad day. But the next day (and every day after that), she kept nagging and screaming about the most menial things, like the staple being in the wrong corner of the paper. Being a small company (and therefore having a small office), it was also off-putting when other more senior employees were not willing to stand up for you during or after one of the owner's screaming spells. Nobody dared cross her, but I can't blame them—they didn't want to be her next victim. I felt completely helpless working there. On one of my last days at the company, I was putting together a PowerPoint presentation, and for whatever reason, a couple of the slides didn't print (unbeknownst to me). I dropped the presentation off at her office. When she noticed the two pages missing, she came out to my cubicle and called me a f**king r**ard and asked me if I had any brain cells left.

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5.0
18 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Learned a lot about PR. Great group of people to work with.

Cons

Like all jobs the hours worked can be many. But worth the effort.

2.0
28 Jan 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working in the famous Hancock building and earning overtime pay. Let's be honest. You earn more than thick skin working here. You earn a suit of armor. But the good news is that you'll never need your suit of armor again if you get out. Other workplaces aren't like this. At all. Trust. Pay attention to the boss' crazy antics and you can really learn something about how to manage multiple personalities (ha). Bottom line: You can either get out and be a rockstar at your next job (big pro), or continue to complain and be a puppet of ComBlu's senior management (one person).

Cons

Toxic environment, unpredictable personalities, gossipy/cliquey family members (majority of the company), under-utilized talent, overbearing senior management & its scared underdogs, and just inappropriate behavior on so many levels (yes your arm will be slapped if you don't understand direction immediately - literally). But the saddest part about this company is that there's an abundance of talent, yet no one there to appreciate it. The talented people complain daily/hourly about the horrible treatment - yet do nothing to fix it - which results in an endless, vicious cycle of harassment and abuse. This is not a fun place to go to every day! The stress and sadness on people's faces is so evident. The fact that people have survived for 15+ years is NOT a pro. Too much time is wasted on internal tasks that hardly hardly even matter. And meetings aren't actually meetings - they're just the boss talking/yelling at you.

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