A company I was proud to be apart of! - Recensione dipendente - Operations Manager presso iOPW

the office is pretty, the parking is free.

NIGHTMARE. Hired me without knowing what they wanted me to work on. Zero job description. Zero deliverables. Considered 25$ an hour to be Big Money (lol wut). Zero management structure or accountability. management has this big vision that is incomprehensible, their partner who runs the place, disagrees on most of it and has separate plans. It was not a joy to try to figure out what the heck i was supposed to accomplish, and whose vision i was supposed to follow. I sat at my desk for days with nothing to do, and nobody to ask. Their definition of content marketing is horrendous- they don't believe in SEO, and don't 'believe' in Google. Their site design services are mid 90s. management had me stuck in a 2 hour (!!) long ranting monologue about their rise to amazingness and grand vision as a way to try to convince me to stay. Sometimes i wondered if i was stuck in a Hollywood B-movie and maybe it was all just a joke. Sadly, it was not. Buyer beware- this place has zero stability.

I started at iOPW in September of 2016 and I applied to the content creator role for one of the proprietary platforms that was being developed at the time. Mind you I had no previous tech start up experience nor was I an 'English' major. I do and have always had however a strong affinity for writing so i figured why not try it out? As part of the interview process I was asked to submit three pieces of original writing which I gladly handed over just for an opportunity to write. At the time I was stuck at a boring HR Administration job. I was so nervous and thought it was pointless to go through the process as I was not a 'Digital communications' grad by any means, yet 2 weeks later I was in. The point of my story? I applied to iOPW on a whim because i really wanted to write and they have offered me so much more than just an opportunity to explore writing, experience and industry knowledge. They believed that I had something to offer their company despite not having the typical credentials. They believed that I could achieve more with a little encouragement and that is what they have helped me to do. Since having started in 2016, I have moved from being a content writer to learning more about the industry as a whole and expanding my digital marketing skills through continued learning and schooling. I could have NEVER done any of that without iOPW's continued support and belief in my skills. Additional PROs: -positive office vibes -bottomless coffee -balanced work/life balance -work remotely on occasion -NOBODY MICRO MANAGES ME as long as you complete your projects, are responsible and the clients are kept happy, it's all good. -sometimes I get to cuddle with dogs 🐕

-no health benefits BUT the other perks make it all worth it -periods of some stress to bring projects to completion but that's to be expected in any project-based industry