Toxic and Highly Political Work Environment - Anonymous employee FusionZone Automotive Employee Review

If you can somehow hang with the toxic environment here, then more power to you! If you don't fit in with the collective mentality of this place, blindly tolerate or conform to the interpersonal dynamics (described below) you will not be happy here long term. There is a lot of BS that goes on in this work environment. It either gets swept under the rug or treated as the elephant in the room that no one wants to look at. Beneath the veneer of a dynamic, young, energetic company, the culture tends to be very political, and at worst just downright nasty, where there are many individuals who don't go by FACTS and reality, but what's convenient for their needs at the moment. There are people who will not hesitate to publicly(e.g. in emails, chats and face to face) tear others down, distort the truth when it's convenient for their needs, leverage relational aggression & bullying, throw team-mates under the bus using lies and unfounded statements and misuse their power at any and every turn. The folks at the top operate primarily by politics, favoritism and most of all, what they can get away with. I wouldn't say this is apparent every single day and on every single interaction, but on a very regular basis that eventually really gets to you. This type of work culture will wear on anyone's sanity and emotional well-being. And upper management just sits back lets this happen. One of the main managers (female) is very much into favortism and often times misuses her power in ways that are certainly not ethical. She even jumps in and takes part in some of the nastiness, twisting peoples' words around or the facts and truth of the situation. Why? Because she can! There is one very young lady who works closely with this individual (like a pet) and acts abominably with no remorse or shame in terms of her lies, distortion of truth, relational aggression, bullying, limelight/ attention-seeking and manipulation. Most of her actions seem to be motivated by an excessive and childish need for power, where she likes to assume the position of the company's owner to dictate demands to others, oftentimes putting off work she should be doing onto her teammates, when it's not her place to do so. Almost every interaction with this young woman becomes some type of twisted power/ dominance play (overtly or covertly) to serve her insatiable need to feel important, even it it's at someone else expense. It's pretty much like dealing with a narcissist. She can be charming when she needs to be. But if you read up on narcissism, there is usually a self-serving agenda to this facade. So when engaging with her, it's best to take into consideration that you are somehow being played like a fiddle. You don't have to be paranoid on each and every instance, but it's best to be cautious and keep this thought in the back of your mind. No matter how petty the situation is, this person rarely passes up an opportunity to boss someone else around so that she can feel satisfied in being dominant over another. She side-steps boundaries with others and her responsibilities when she is able to. Again, this happens because she is allowed to get away with it. At first, FusionZONE can seem like a fun, exciting and challenging place to grow and thrive. But over time, the not-so-pleasant work climate takes it's toll, and it's easy to feel disgusted with just having to be at your job. Also, they have way too many clients and are yet too understaffed to do an outstanding job and deliver what they promise for each one. Therefore, it's easy to get burnt out. You're always feeling behind and constantly running on a treadmill and stressed out about having to deal with angry clients. With all your worries and concerns over doing your job right, having to deal with bad behavior on top of it all only drains your energy and stresses you out even more. Who needs that in their life? The dates of the positive review below seem conspicuously too close to one another. People who currently work there were most likely prodded to say nice things by management. So in a way, the statements below are a bit biased and contrived. Great companies embrace and support peoples' differences and strengths because these things are true assets. But FusionZONE does not fit under this category by a long shot. How can they when quite a few people there are driven by the childish need to constantly feel important (over every little thing) and will shamelessly discredit or step on others to achieve this? This immature (and unprofessional) preoccupation takes away focus, energy and effort from working cooperatively as a team and actually giving clients the very best.