Bear with me, this is a long one. First off, please read the positive reviews, here, and check in with your gut. Ask yourself whether they read as genuine, fabricated, or written by any of the employees hired through nepotism. I was asked multiple times to write a positive review when I worked there, and declined. Who seriously says “The Company” multiple times in their review, as though they don't know the name... or reviews at 5 stars, plus checkmarks all the way through, and then adds more than one Con? Come on.
Here is what ABG will promise you:
- Money, loads of it. They might give it to you, they might not.
- Interaction with celebrities - ISN’T THAT A DREAM OF YOURS?!
- The idea that your opinion matters (it doesn’t.)
Here’s what you’ll get:
- A lot of really, really uncomfortable and cringey moments. Top management yelling at someone openly on the floor. Or yelling at someone in their office – doesn’t matter, you can hear it either way. Speaking badly about an employee in front of other employees, again in or out of their office – they didn’t seem to care. I cannot write here the unbelievably racist and sexist statements and comments that I was witness to, because truly I am afraid of retaliation – even though I no longer work there. There were times when something of such nature would be said, and those of us who didn’t stare blankly at our monitors or down at our desks stared at each other, mouths agape - somehow surprised, every time.
- Loss of work/life balance. I mean it. Someone used to walk around and take notice of people who weren’t in exactly at 9 AM, despite the fact that they worked all weekend and until 1 AM the night before. Should you manage any relationship with the CEO, you’ll get a “HALF DAY?!” shout out if you try to leave at 6 PM, prompting everyone to look at you while you’re trying to run to any possible appointment outside of work, or you know, live your life for one night.
- The constant anxiety that you’re doing something wrong, because you had zero training and if they don’t like the way you do something, they’ll yell at you about it or “secretly” speak ill of you to other people until they terminate you.
- Complete loss of confidence, from the above statement, until you *maybe* realize what’s actually happening and snap out of it long enough to quit.
- A workload that is so impossible to maintain that you can’t give 100% of it to any single thing, lest you completely miss working on others. What’s worse is that even if you give 125% of yourself to work, you’ll be looked down upon for not giving 200%. There is literally no way to prioritize, because everything is due NOW!
- Frustration, from going to HR with a real issue and being told “That person is so-and-so’s family/friend, so I can’t really do anything for you. You know how it is!” … I guess I do. So does everyone else.
- A complete lack of leadership. Those at the top “lead” in a very directive, selfish, money-focused manner. No one cares about your career, your well-being, or your hard work.
- If they give you that raise you deserve, how will they ever afford their massive bonuses, wildly expensive dinners or private plane rides?!
