Toxic CEO - Marketing CATMEDIA Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good experience working with the federal government

Cons

Toxic and verbally abusive CEO

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5.0
12 May 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Family environment. Nice coworker and mgmt understands life happens

Cons

Growing company. A lot of work and more is coming

2.0
13 Nov 2023
Recommend
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Pros

*The work of providing communications support to federal agencies focused on disease prevention, and health promotion & education is important. *Diverse staff, but that is probably federally mandated. *Pay was fair. *Benefits were decent.

Cons

*The leadership is clueless, toxic, and disingenuous. More emphasis is placed on personal politics than competence. *Poor leadership creates a toxic environment where employees don't feel they can be honest for fear of derision and reprisal. *Projects are poorly managed resulting in last minute efforts to complete the work. *Favoritism *Ageist remarks frequently made by leadership.

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CATMEDIA Response
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Unfortunately, I had to let 7 people go in August and September for a myriad of reasons, primarily due to a large contract loss. It was a very difficult decision and an extremely hard thing to do as I am acutely aware of the impact it had on the affected employees. This outcome is one which I have never been faced with 37 years of running a successful business. I have always been a people first employer and the benefits we have offered reflect that with 28 paid days off per year, 401K matching, health insurance which we pay 87% of the employees’ premium, and opportunities for growth (In the last 5 years I have spent over $100K on additional training to help foster career growth). My gut tells me that this is part of an organized effort by one or two past employees, and I feel saddened by their need to hurt the company and me. My advice would be to focus your energy on more positive things.
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