needs vision and direction - Anonymous employee Resonance Employee Review

2.0
24 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people who like each other and are willing to collaborate. The company has a unique position but seems to always get in its own way.

Cons

No investment for growth; the company seems to make no investment in its training or promotion of staff. HR has driven a slow and bureaucratic hiring cycle, which leads to too much work for analysts and managers. Lack of clear vision or direction for the company. CEO is in over her head. It's clear every time she speaks to the company.

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Resonance Response
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Thank you for your feedback. As the founder of the company, many of your remarks are painful to read. However, I appreciate that you took the time to share your thoughts. While I appreciate many of your comments, I take great exception to your comments about our CEO. Our CEO has been responsible for the company’s exponential growth over the last decade. When she began, Resonance had less than 10 full time employees; today we employ well over a hundred worldwide. We are profitable, high-growth company in a very competitive industry. We work with some of the world’s leading organizations – governments, companies and non-profits- to drive sustainable impact. What’s more, our CEO is a woman of color, who grew up in a family of eight in a two-room home without running water in a remote village. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, she had to overcome barriers and challenges that most Americans could scarcely imagine. She immigrated to this country and has built an award-winning firm that delivers value to clients and positive impact to our community and our ecosystems. We are a profitable, high-growth B-Corp that is delivering positive impact around the world. That is a remarkable achievement for any CEO, let alone a CEO who has had to overcome so many barriers and challenges. Does our CEO make mistakes? Sure – we all do. What makes her a great leader is that she admits her mistakes, learns from them and grows. I wish you the best of success in your future endeavors. Steve S.

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- Company value and ethics are truly what they believe and do - Family atmosphere - Ability to take on different roles and work with colleagues across the company - Great work-life balance and flexibility

Cons

- Not the most diverse company - Little promotion transparency

1.0
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Pros

RIP due to Doge:/ before then it was Russian roulette to whether you had a chill or sucky manager, You usually worked with several, hopefully you got at least one chill one and one interesting project where you're not a paper pusher. Think of all the awful things about consulting, and then turn it down a notch. Resonance, pre-doge, wasn't nearly as bad as some of the larger consultant firms, less stable, though, too, and didn't match the stress with a higher paycheck

Cons

As stated in other reviews, pay was bad, especially for the industry; the company was bad at promoting internally, turnover was high, especially if you were not mid to upper-level management. The culture gave lip service to work life balance and then expected you, but if you got lucky, you got on a good project with a talented and caring manager, then life was great, but you don't really get to control that Because of the nature of the job, most all the salaries were open info, and there was some sr analyst that analyzed all that data and found that men got paid higher than women even for the same job title, Men were also found to be promoted faster and more likely to be in leadership, despite the majority of the company being female.

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