Not a good company - Anonymous employee Connect Employee Review

Collinson Media is based on neat ideas - large-scale events and interesting magazines. Where the problem comes in with Collinson is the leadership and company culture. The owners of the company and the upper management lead with a combination of disorganization, confusion, supremacy and fear. If you are a general employee, not upper management, that is, you are left in the dark completely as far as current company happenings - including information that directly affects you and your job (i.e. company mergers/acquisitions, client information, hirings/leaving employees, yearly goals, aspirations and outlook for the company, new projects on the horizone, etc.). It makes for a very uncomfortable and unsafe-feeling work environment. Additionally, the disparity in pay, benefits and treatment between different departments is a breeding ground for distrust and a culture that makes employees feel inferior. During my tenure with Collinson, many individuals were fired for simply asking questions, making constructive criticisms or demanding information that was vital to completing their job - the revolving door certainly made for an air of fear in the office. Additionally, certain departments were required to come in over Christmas to clean the office, despite this not being part of their job and other departments and department heads were given the entire holiday season - months - off. My department had the entire Christmas break off and didn't have to come in as a free maid service, but the glaring mistreatment/preferential of employees really spoke to me - as did many other instances of lying to clients, withholding of information from employees and downright disregard for kindness - and I realized it was time to cut ties. All in all, my experience was very unpleasant and I would never want to work in a similar situation ever again.