"SmithBucklin offers full-service management and outsourced services to trade associations, professional societies and technology user communities." read more
Learn a lot in spite of the abuse. 60 hour weeks with no paid overtime. Constant helicoptering and questioning of work. Ambush meetings with no notice at 3pm on a Friday. Behind closed door agreements between colleagues. No development infrastructure to speak of. No internal promotions whatsoever
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Executives need to retire. HR needs to actually care about their people.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
It’s a “warm body” interview. If you understand basic business operations at all, you get
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Constant turnover caused by unethical hiring / promotion processes. Pervasive burnout and low morale caused by toxic work environment, culture of abuse and overwork.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
“Coworkers” defined as anyone under “manager” all suffer together. We used to cry in the bathroom. Junior staff is under no obligation to do more for Smit
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Listening, caring, retiring. Leave the company and cash out your ESOPs. You are a hinderance to your teams and a blight on the mental health of your colleagues. You are poor leaders.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
ESOP is a pyramid scheme designed to benefit the executives who are majority shareholders. Their retirement is built on the backs of entry level talent. Annual raises are less than inflation + consumer price raises. You lose money working here.
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