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Money speaks louder than employee sanity, physical health, and mental health. If you're sick, you're still expected to work- even if throwing up numerous times throughout the day. They do not encourage you to take care of yourself if it requires taking time off to do it. If you have vacation days, you are likely to not get them approved and they do not carry over to the next year- you lose what you don't use. 

They pay experienced, licensed people the same as those who are brand new with no training or experience.

They allow some to get away with not being a team player/not doing the work while degrading and accusing of not working hard enough to those who are.

Team leads are not willing to look at team members' strengths to run with and use, but require everyone to do everything. This allows unnecessary stress and poor work. Using individual strengths to make a team stronger would be more productive. Team leads are allowed to belittle those who struggle. 

This could be a great position if the above was changed to work with the individuals who make the team, as well as honoring peoples' experience/accomplishments, needed time off, etc.

People want to work where they are heard, valued, and appreciated. 

Maybe my experience is different versus another district because they are a national brokerage, but at first, they posed themselves as a 'collaboration' type of company, however, they were super clicky and if you weren't part of the original district, you were basically written off and ostracized. 

They are not innovative and want everything done their way even if it's not the best way and depending on your title, some people are extremely overworked despite their direct reports telling them they are, yet nothing is done about it.

I also saw some retaliation directed to a few old coworkers and even experienced it some myself. 

I could go on with many other things but these were the biggest issues w/ the company. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
A true culture of collaboration. Patient leadership and company transparency.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Growing so fast, sometimes hard to stay current with where to go for resources. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Collaboration. Family friendly. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Encouraged to reach out to your customers. Zoom meetings as many employees are still remote. Managing projects and client renewals.

They've acquired too many companies too fast. They've ignored the  operations and support side of the business  for far too long and did not build a proper foundation. The company talks about a collaborative culture but it's simply a slogan that isn't actually carried out with any action.  When looking for help or support, no one gets back to you because support itself is under water.  This company lacks leaders that have the ability and vision to plan ahead and carry out a sustainable business for the future. It's act first and deal with the problems after the fact. This is a get investors rich scheme at the expense of everyone else.

I work on a strong team, that works together and values each other's input.  We are a learning organization that encourages outside training and development if needed but we also have a great OD team!  My manager is a strong leader but allows feedback and takes our needs into consideration whenever changes are implemented in the department.

It is so great to get to work for a company that shares my values. Every member of the team has a voice and is valued. I love that I get to use so many different skills and have such variety in my work, and to make such a big difference for our clients. My teammates care deeply about each other and are always there to help out when a customer needs some extra love or one of needs to take some well earned time off, which we get a lot of with 10 company holidays and a minimum of three weeks of PTO on top of that.

You will love it here!

Okay place to gain experience as you’re better off going to another agency who pays you fairly. Propel tries to compensate low pay with “raffles” and “half day fridays” and the typical “pizza parties”.  Once you become an account manager there is really no growth or any sort of substantial raise. The annual reviews don’t mean much yet managers want you to put effort when all it amounts to a 2% raise. The workload is way too much for one person to handle. Lots of burn out and the turn over is high. Also there is way too many meetings. 

This company needs major improvements. Account managers have way too many accounts to manage. Managers just ask others on teams to help out rather than hire more personnel. There’s always more procedures and rules being implemented causing more work and stress for account managers & assistants. Benefits are way too expensive & the pay is very low.  Once you become an account manager in this company good luck getting any sort of substantial raise - 3 % merit raises only despite having record profits. 

As an employee for the past two years, I have been consistently impressed by my experiences. Here are some of the great things that I've seen working here:

1. Managers investing in me and my other teammates
2. Leaders recognizing their employees on a regular basis
3. Commitment to serving in the community and doing good
4. Collaboration across offices that allows us to create better solutions 
5. A culture that welcomes employees and pushes them to succeed 

I truly enjoy being part of such an innovative team.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company as well resourced.  There’s access to all of the leading markets. The utilize cutting edge software.  Work From Home.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management is very distant from the staff, with a few exceptions. Favoritism runs rampant.  Work related complaints are ignored.  There's a toxic environment coming from the managers. The increased stress isn’t worth the daily sacrifice.

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