Seriously?! - Anonymous employee Dynata Employee Review

1) Product: Make no mistake, the product we're creating is Dynata. The job is to make the company appear impressive enough to be sold to someone else. This is accomplished by doing the minimum amount of effort as quickly as possible despite any objections from employees or experts in the field. 2) CEO: More concerned about custom tailored sports coats than employees. CEO has a history of firing qualified executives with years of experience who disagree with his decisions (I'm looking at you OPs and HR) and replacing them with 'yes men' with no experience whatsoever. Also, never make the mistake of engaging the CEO in conversation if you are lower than VP level - you'll be met with an icy 'Who the hell do you think you are?' stare. 3) Benefits: 401k matching slashed significantly this year. Rather than being transparent about the change, they simply omitted the change from the presentation (somehow, hoping employees wouldn't notice). Medical and dental downgraded as well. 4) Raises: Even with great performance reviews, employee raises were in the 1-2% range (less than or equal to inflation). Rare exceptions of 4% where some managers put themselves at risk and pushed those raises through. 5) Retention: Employees from all departments are quitting at high rates. The C-Level plan for reversing this trend is to ask employees for suggestions on how to reverse this trend. See points 3 and 4. 6) Empowerment: Unable to make decisions without walking up a very tall chain. Unable to delegate responsibilities because what is true today is likely to change tomorrow. 7) Morale: A dark cloud hanging everywhere. An employee satisfaction survey from upper management was sent out recently. Execs quickly minimized the result (obviously poor) saying "We knew it would be low due to our challenging integration efforts." No, it's not that. It's much more.