Q&A With Metagenics Employees

The Lead at the Colonial Heights DC he is very unprofessional looks down on you treats you like you are stupid. Screams alot at people. He has mood swings

A new opportunity.

Agreed, not common for engineering.

Not common for engineering.

Pretty infrequent.

Everyday. I was lucky if I got to eat at all. Sometimes, I had to take my lunch to meetings with e.

Yes, I rarely had an opportunity to eat lunch. Meetings tend to be back-to-back for management.

A lot. We are a culture of urgency, faster, and more, so people often are at their desks durning lunch.

summer hours

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k and matching to 6%. Two weeks vacation.

It isn't difficult to maintain a social life.

Very hard.

Very little. The company is pretty boring. The work culture is very bland. Honestly, I used to joke the place is VERY beige and that is both literal and figurative.

Summer hours.

Not many. They don't know right questions to ask to screen for the technical skills they needed.

Lots, it depends on the role.

Phone call, in person interview, offer, drug test.

phone, in person, offer, drug test.

The leadership arm. Their business strategy is weak.

They are losing business to online competitors, they don't know their brand's difference and they struggle with committing to any single direction.

I would suggest they eliminate many of the "legacy" employees they have in senior positions.

The company needs better leadership.

Brent's still learning how to be a CEO--and it shows. He's more interested in hanging with the bros than being a leader. He is also creating a culture of "boys club" and doesn't recognize that to be an effective leader he must stay out of the weeds.

The new CEO tries hard to be hip, approachable, and cool, but he struggles to offer leadership, clarity on his expectations, and not micromanage his senior leadership. I think Brent (who I had very close access to) is very new to the CEO role and it shows in many of ways. He also has anger management issues. I've seen him shout obscenities and belittle his management team for decisions he made.

Non-existant. For some. For others, easy as pie. My workload was so intense, I had an eye twitch...My boss on the other hand? He left at 3:45 every day and just assigned things down. For a CD he was terrible.

Non-existent. They expect you to work when they snap their fingers, regardless of time of day.

Only for the blessed few who the CEO values.

No, the new CEO eliminated remote positions and work-from-home privileges--despite enjoying them himself.

They promote the individuals who have been around the longest.

This is a company that is built on nepotism. The higher level jobs are occupied by long time (legacy) employees who look out for each other. It is common for people with zero leadership experience to be given promotions to lead teams despite their lack of knowledge, training, or practitcal skill set.

Go for it

Spanish

Both.

I did a 3 round interview. First round with my direct supervisor. Second was an API test. Third was another round with my direct supervisor and the director of IT. The director asked me questions about my experience and then asked all the steps involved in visiting a url from browser to server. I got an offer shortly after the third round interview a couple of days later.

You stand up trying not to show any sign of fear, turn around and run out of there as fast as possible!

rare and few

That this is a company that promotes based on length of employment NOT talent.

eh. It's about as corporate as they come.

If you're a young guy, pay is great. If you're female, it's not.

Intense and you usually are working crazy hours.

It's a group of people with ZERO marketing talent managing a younger group of super talented marketing creatives. It's a bit of a mess.