Vantaggi
Conference Catalysts offered a flexible work from home schedule and the ability to travel.
Svantaggi
This is a young and inexperienced company that frequently places the consequences of its leadership weaknesses on its employees, often putting them at risk both professionally and personally.
I worked here for over 3.5 years and was terminated abruptly, without warning or explanation. Following my departure, my name and work were publicly misrepresented in a department-wide email that contained false information about the circumstances of my exit, damaging professional relationships I had built over years. I took on extra travel, terrible clients, mentoring and training roles for new employees, was on multiple internal committees, and asked consistently for experienced feedback.
Unfortunately, this experience was not unique. During my time at the company, I witnessed similar treatment and outcomes for more than a dozen employees in a relatively small organization.
Conference Catalysts shows a concerning lack of regard for employee safety, particularly for young female employees required to travel internationally with little to no oversight, guidance, or formal safety procedures. I personally heard numerous accounts of employees being placed in frightening or dangerous situations while traveling. Employees raised concerns and requested additional safety measures or accommodations to avoid traveling alone in high-risk situations, and these requests were repeatedly ignored.
Additional concerns include a toxic, insular culture driven by favoritism and long-standing personal relationships, poor work-life balance, minimal support when employees raise concerns, no clear growth trajectory, lack of accountability, and limited leadership and business experience at the executive level.