Suppressive work environment, be prepared to feel like you're being watched by a hawk - Anonymous employee Languages in Motion Employee Review

Thanks for the feedback. We do believe that our company does its best to help make our employees' experiences as fulfilling as possible. Unfortunately, each employee's experience differs. Regarding the pros mentioned: We do value our clients and we are glad the respondent feels the same. Regarding the cons mentioned: We have had a small team because we're growing. Hiring new staff is challenging and since our company has grown mostly organically, rapid expansion is not as easy as it is for a company with substantial amounts of investor capital. It is possible the respondent was with us for a few months during our growth stage where we were doing our best to cut on costs and were working in a small office. This didn't last for too long though (maybe 2 months max). In the last 9 months, we've actually expanded our office space to allow our employees to have substantially more space. We are not sure how a person felt like they were being watched as we purposely promote autonomy in our company so people feel that they can be free to make their own decisions. We do however expect each person to provide open communication with the entire team so we can all work together. We were surprised to see that someone feels this way about our CEO. He tries his best to empower his team by giving them the freedom to act as they choose and become the people they truly are, whatever shape that might take on. We disagree that there is high employee turnover. The vast majority of our employees have stayed with us for over a year (5 years in operation) and the reason some have left in the past has been due to personal issues. We've been working on our corporate and business structure since day one. Starting and growing a company isn't easily learned overnight. We would, however, appreciate a better definition of "real business structure" and would have been eager to improve on this when the respondent was present.