Honest review from someone who stayed in this abusive relationship for far too long - Manager Crowd Street Employee Review

Where to begin. . For context, I worked here a long time, but can't say how long or what department because I don't want to identify myself and I have seen others who wrote negative reviews get harassed. Yet, I know they have aggressive hiring plans this year and so I feel morally obligated to warn people about what they are getting themselves into. In the history of CrowdStreet, ONLY ONE woman has ever been promoted from within to the Director level (and no higher). The few female employees who were hired from outside to Director and higher are disappointing as allies, they seem to be scared or feel too much pressure to be "yes-women" to the majority male leadership. Bullies are tolerated. Manipulation is constant. Individuals and teams are purposely pitted against each other. Upper management gossips in an extremely unprofessional manner. Credit stealing, disrespectful interrupting, and condescension, especially to women. Actual development is non existent. HR reports into the COO, an extremely toxic and dangerous human being, so they are usually powerless to do anything meaningful when issues get reported-- and issues only sometimes get reported because people are too scared. Under performers are ignored or shuffled around different teams, sometimes even promoted, until the company does a lay-off because they don't have the skills to develop employees or the guts to just be assertive and let someone go who needs to go. High achievers are worked harder and harder and harder with no relief. Upper management talks all the time about the company's values and their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I mean all the time, as in, multiple committees and meetings literally every week. But it's just a way for them to appear to be making "real progress" without actually doing anything. Very little hiring diversity. Qualified, smart and experienced, diverse candidates have not been hired in order to bring on more blah white bros who knew someone. I gave Career Opportunities 3 stars because it is possible to learn a lot here, and somehow CrowdStreet has a good reputation in the industry and in Portland, so it can open doors once you leave. I gave everything else 1 star, including Compensation and Benefits - They claim to have done a national comp study and have this process for guaranteeing that everyone is fairly paid, but they won't be transparent with any of the data. When employees share salary info with each other they uncover many examples of inequity across gender, levels, teams, etc. Basically everyone who works at CrowdStreet falls into one of these categories: - Hasn't worked here long enough to notice the problems - Is an untalented white dude benefitting from their privilege - Is afraid they can't find another job Now that you understand the culture here, I'm sorry to say I don't have too much good to say about how the business is run either. Everyone running in circles, investing so much wasted effort in things like halfway implementing softwares that don't work then undoing them. Decisions made based on no input that wind up being wrong, or no decision made because they keep waiting for data they don't know how to get. If you still work at CrowdStreet, I'm sorry. Please take care of yourself. Don't be afraid to leave, most who do have wound up with great jobs and much better offers. Reach out to those of us who have left, there is a whole network of us and we can help you. If you're a job seeker who values your sanity and career development, look elsewhere. I hope this was helpful.