Persado reviews about "coworker"

Financial instability, frequent reductions in force. Morale is overall low.

Worst place I’ve worked, don’t apply

- You are pretty much on your own, not much teamwork (some may look at this as a pro) or many resources to help out when you are unsure about something - Team conflicts throughout the company but not much done about it from leadership

we have just finished our company all hands as i write this and company outlook is no bueno and there will be no bonuses. management cryptically addresses questions about layoffs - they are definitely coming after a very poor year. generative AI seems like it is staking off everywhere .... except at Persado because of many many missteps, blunders and mistakes.

You are not set up for success in any way. In fact, there seem to be efforts to make sure day-to-day is as difficult as possible and that employees remain unhappy. Some examples: -Customer Success team has a lot of great, smart people on it, but their skills were hobbled by an effort to combine project management and CS into one organization. The result: projects are poorly managed and customers are generally less happy than they were prior to switch. And a lot of top-level talent exited due to the change. -Brand Content Strategy team are the data-oriented copywriters that produce the content that delivers results to clients. However, they seem beyond overworked, treated like a thorn in the company’s side, and undervalued (and likely underpaid as well). -Persado had its best year ever last year, which of course led to the CCO “leaving the company.” This has left teams like sales and product marketing flailing in the wind trying to reorient to totally new sales and marketing strategies. No opportunity for growth as a standard employee. Promotions handed out like favors to some while others get arbitrary excuses each review cycle. Major system of favoritism, even when the favorites are clearly incapable. Management would be a joke if it weren’t so unfunny how much they’ve failed their teams. Poor management stems from the top. One C-level exec joked about how he knew a lot about killing from his time in the army during a company-wide meeting as a way to end a tough conversation with a frustrated employee. CEO seems to have fully lost control. Meanwhile, after 40+ people were laid off, coworkers were falling over themselves to defend and even THANK execs for layoffs. Reprehensible behavior all around. No complaint or question is seen as valid. You will receive a defensive response or get radio silence (which is actually preferred because the responses are generally designed to gaslight or frustrate). Top talent has either found new jobs, been let go, or is actively interviewing. New product offerings seem somewhere between a solution looking for a problem and a desperate attempt to lure in new customers while alienating older ones.

The ELT is kind of lackluster. While they are transparent about the business side of things, some of them can be quite curt. Not particularly charming, but they get the job done from a leadership perspective. Current economic state has made for changes in the company that may not be ideal. All this to say that hopefully things will get better as the economy gets better.

Constant changing goals and expectations. Lack of higher leadership's accountability for anything. Work-life balance deteriorated the longer I was there. Absolute doom and gloom energy

Executive leadership can sometimes seem a bit rigid and narrow-minded.

Fairly frequent org changes in management and operating model can create challenges for those who prefer a more steady state dynamic, though can be a fun challenge for those who don't mind staying nimble.