-Absolutely no trust in their employees. Cameras everywhere, computers monitored, etc. If you're not at your desk, you'll frequently be asked what you're doing at that EXACT moment. They'll explain this away as a start-up environment but this workplace is legitimately abusive. They treat their employees terribly, hence the reason that NOBODY stays more than a year.
-Dishonest interviews/contracts. Emerge constantly promises things for employees that they have no intention of delivering. I recently came across an Indeed post for a job here that promised a 22,000 book library? HA. A gameroom that has ping pong, wii, and darts? Not that anyone ever gets to use- you're essentially chained to your desk. They'll promise you commission that you can't make, or commission agreements that actually rely on someone else to finish a sale, so it's not even like you can control the money you make. You can set up a million shots, but if your shooter doesn't close, then you've still scored 0 points.
-Food is terrible. Whoever shops for it has the taste of a stoned highschooler: pop tarts, beef jerky, etc.
- You're expected to make upwards of 200 calls a day. Don't be fooled, this might be a small office, but Emerge Media is a glorified call center.
-Management has no idea what they're doing. I suppose everyone has to start a leadership position somewhere, but the inexperience at Emerge is palpable. Since the C-level has no idea how to manage, they impress a dictatorship over the other employees (there is no mid level management -- oh look, another con!) Meetings are scheduled for essentially no legitimate reason, thus barring an employee from making their phone calls, which then, they get blamed for.
-Appearance of a "collaborative workplace." Emerge did indeed administer a QA/Employee Survey in March. I'm pretty sure they didn't look at the results/did nothing with them/didn't care. They talk quite the talk during the interview, but walk NONE of the walk. Don't be fooled.
-Terrible environment to be female. You are routinely asked to order food (but not allowed to be the decision maker,) go get cupcakes for birthdays, clean the kitchen. The whole tone of the office is one that feels like "the good old boys club." I am routinely talked down to just because I am a girl. If you're looking for work place equality...look elsewhere.
-Outsourced HR. There is essentially no form of HR here, unless management wants to reprimand you and then they call someone in. If you've got a problem, it falls on deaf ears. If they've got a problem with you, expect to be written up, told off, get a notation on your file, etc. by some random person they call in to "document it."
