Worst employment experience of my career - Anonymous employee TeamBuilding Employee Review

1.0
26 Jul 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

An amazing concept for out of work theater/stage actors to have steady income while also being able to pursue their craft.

Cons

You’d have better chances of landing safely on a Boeing plane flying through a hurricane than having a positive experience working for this company. The owners are a husband and wife team who are in over their heads KNOWINGLY. They state they are open to and actively solicit feedback from team members with more professional experience. But they do not action feedback, instead they retaliate. The wife and COO spends most evenings surveilling the staff for anything she feels could have been better and then screams at leadership to pass along the tyrannical message to other staff. I was laid off within the year I was hired and yet held accountable for declining business DESPITE the 3 year long YoY net revenue loss of 45% or greater. They refuse to accept that their formula is failing while draining the company of operating cash flow. I was warned about the company before joining, and it was shared that they’d had problematic behaviors in the past but had improved. That is a complete farce. Leadership is so worried about their stained image that they actually created fake dummy LinkedIn accounts to solicit feedback from me on my experience working there after they laid me off. If it were possible, I’d give them zero stars. No workplace is perfect, and most do their best. I would typically never complain and I waited quite awhile to share this but I feel any perspective employee should know just how horrible of an environment this company is.

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TeamBuilding Response
10mo
Hello, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Glassdoor reviews often include a mix of personal experience, emotion, and sometimes hyperbole, so I try to read them carefully to find any useful insights or areas for improvement. I’ll be honest — I’m struggling with some of the claims in your review. We don’t surveil our team, no one is being screamed at, and I can say with certainty we don’t use fake LinkedIn accounts. If someone reached out to you, it wasn’t us. I also want to address the sexist undertones in your message. The comments about “screaming” and a “high-pitched and squeaky voice” unfairly link vocal tone to competence and integrity, which is a classic and harmful bias that women in leadership often face. Even Tasia's warmth and smile are framed as manipulative, echoing a tired and offensive stereotype often directed against women. It’s clear your time here was frustrating, and I’m genuinely sorry it wasn’t a better fit. I hope your next role offers a more positive experience. — Michael

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Hello! Thank you for sharing your experience and feedback. Best wishes.
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Cons

Leadership is shady, cold and disloyal. They put on a great show I have to say. And you'll fall for it, and then when you start to see the shadiness, and/or you request to be treated fairly, have better work/life balance or just ask to be treated like a human being and not a robot, they are quick to replace you.

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TeamBuilding Response
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Hello, thanks for your message and compliment on the website. Our hosts have competitive pay and perks, and flexible part-time schedules. When we let hosts go it is typically because of consistently poor ratings from clients and their participants, or that you no-showed multiple events (not showing up for a shift is very disruptive). Obviously we have different perspectives on what is fair and what work/life balance looks like. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with us, and wish you the best for whatever you take on next. I'd also appreciate if you send me a quick email at michael@teambuilding.com -- I want to understand why you see us as shady, cold and disloyal.
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