If Hell was a Publishing Company - Recensione dipendente - Endentured Servant presso Compass Media

1,0
19 nov 2013
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Nobody beats you with a whip...physically, that is. Actually, most of the employees are really, really cool. Many of the workers are extremely good at what they do, some have even won awards for what they do. Highly professional for such a small company

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The owner. He has a "big fish/small pond" mentality. The owner wields power like a drunken dictator. He steals other people's ideas and passes them off as his own and demands to be called a visionary. He demands things of people then once they perform and give it to him, he just ignores it. "Hurry up and get me this now....so I can put it in the horder's pile that is my office and never ever look at it." This was seriously one of those jobs that when I talk about it, people don't believe me. Here's some examples: +Owner wanted to close the office between Christmas and New Year's. Sounds cool, right? Wrong! He wanted to force the employees to use their vacation days during that time. They revolted big time. +Owner once a told a female employee who asked for a raise after over 3 years of being there that she didn't need a raise because "her husband makes a good living." +During the interview process, a potential candidate was asked what church he went to! +Owner often hires people based on the family they're in or who they know rather than how well they can actually perform their jobs. This blew up in the owner's face often, yet he NEVER takes responsibility for them. +Owner totally takes advantage of people in the area with awesome skills who are desperate for work and who have ended up in this godforsaken "paradise." +Owner has the attitude of "you're lucky to have a job" and all but says it to the employees. I honestly don't know how Compass is still in business. For all intents and purposes it shouldn't be. Strictly still in business based on "old boy" connections. Also, how serious can you take a marketing company based in the remote hell that is Gulf Shores, Alabama?

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Risposta di Compass Media
4y
While we recognize that this review is from several years ago, we want to take a moment to address it. Compass Media has been under new leadership since 2016. Our approach is now more inclusive and positive. We welcome all feedback and encourage anyone considering a career with us to reach out with any questions.

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5,0
24 apr 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

1) remote work opportunity 2) friendly, caring staff 3) supportive management and team 4) fun advertising clients 5) terrific work/life balance

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1) outdated software and processes 2) slow adoption of recommendations/somewhat resistant to change 3) fairly narrow selection of clients 4) not much room for potential career advancement

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Risposta di Compass Media
3y
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. We are encouraged by your positive feedback. We have struggled to grow our team as fast as we have grown our customer base. Ideally we would have the personnel in place to allow us to be a leader in system and process improvement. Once we are able to grow our team, the selection for clients and room for advancement should follow.
2,0
23 apr 2015
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Most employees are nice, frustrating to work with at times - but very great people across the board.

Svantaggi

With a few exceptions, when management gets involved (which is constantly) - it really slows down any traction that usually runs at a snail's pace to begin with. Culture/ values are lauded as priority, but the culture itself is pretty canned. Making a great office environment being such a high talking point seems hypocritical when wages don't make employees feel valued. Some folks in the office can be super passive-aggressive.

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Risposta di Compass Media
4y
We are sorry to hear about your experience at Compass Media. We value all of our current and former employees’ feedback. We had a management change in 2016, and Dustin has since taken the helm. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, and we apologize that it wasn't responded to sooner.
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