SlicedBrand Reviews

Where do I start... When you first join the company, you are the golden child. But after a few weeks, the novelty wears off and cracks start to show. The management has no understanding of boundaries, and I was told on multiple occasions to be a "team player" and work two, three, plus hours of (unpaid) overtime. You must constantly be "on" even after signing off for the day, or you will receive passive-aggressive comments from management, visible on company-wide channels to boot. I've never worked anywhere with this amount of micromanagement. They hire incredibly talented people and need to trust that they can send emails without having them checked by multiple people. Management will blame their workers for their own mistakes. There is such a level of toxic positivity and constantly being referred to as a "family". That's basically what happens - You become isolated from your friends and family due to the unrealistic expectations placed on you. Mental health days, etc., are bandaids that cover the root of the problems within the company. Echoing another review, it is common for talented employees to disappear overnight without any notice or warning, creating a culture of fear. This job affected me so negatively that I, along with many others, experienced mental health issues and extreme burnout.

The working culture and the management style can get suffocating, fast. - Training feels mostly "on the job" and onboarding is quite quick. Everyone does everything, so you may not get to specialize or to develop your strengths. You’re like a mechanical wheel in the machine and all your cogs must be ground to size. - Since it's a fully remote position, you live and die by Slack. You ought to be online during working hours, respond promptly to management and clients, and keep an eye for messages after hours as well. - There is no sensible overtime policy. You might get a thank-you for working weekends or long nights, but the hours quickly add up and are not compensated. Work-life balance is questionable at best. On the flip side, if you need personal time for emergencies or whatever other reason, you must make it up or sacrifice a vacation day. - Your performance is controlled and evaluated based on daily lists of your accomplishments and how long each took you. Beyond "this should not have taken that long", you will not receive any feedback, so it's a one-sided affair. - The constant Slack messages and the timed task lists can create a toxic air of mistrust and micromanagement that can prevent you from truly connecting with your accounts and doing your best work. - Management's communication style over Slack can sometimes feel caustic and unnecessarily harsh. - Management appears to bring a US work mentality to a German company, and the cultural and legal discrepancies seem apparent to expats and locals alike. - The job was implicitly BYOD and the question of a work computer was met with surprise.