![]() ![]() They may have missed their internal deadline, but that had nothing to do with me or the deadline I had negotiated. (Remember, when you're hiring a freelancer to do X and you need the work in a week, but they aren't available to do it in that timeframe, as an internal stakeholder you can try to find another freelancer who can meet your internal deadline.) So it was fine. Each time, the manager accepted this deadline. Each time, I'd let the manager know I wouldn't be able to meet X deadline, but could meet Y deadline. Throughout my time freelancing for Scribe, someone would occasionally ask me to take on an assignment with a due date of only one week away that was just well beyond what I could accomplish in the availability I gave them each week. As a freelancer, I have other clients and since the particular work is amongst my least favorite type of marketing work, I would only commit to at best 15-20 hours a week. Scribe instituted a system of checking in with its freelancers each week to check on their availability for this particular work. I had been freelancing for Scribe for several years, doing work that is not my favorite work, but part of the process and fine to do part-time. And although they brag about being "transparent" about raises and even "providing - more. You will fight for your life for a raise. It’s executive leadership’s regular mode of operation.ĭo you struggle feeling like you're spread too thin in your role, because Scribe expects you to do the work of 4 separate roles in only 40 hours a week? Executive leadership will preach to you about how it's actually just an issue with your time management, and not at all anything to do with executive leadership's unrealistic expectations of their employees. ![]() I cannot tell you how many times I experienced this, or observed this happening with coworkers. under the guise of evaluating/"aligning values". Then you will consequently be on their bad list, for having a "negative attitude" - and they will talk poorly about you to others, behind your back. Scribe executive leadership lives and breathe by the mantra of toxic positivity.Īre you sharing how the current process does not work? Rather than listening and seeing how it's an opportunity to improve the system, executive leadership will immediately tell you all the ways that there is nothing wrong with the process. They tout having an "open door policy", transparency, and asking for feedback.īut pretty soon, you'll see their true colors: they are quick to deflect, dig in their heels, and dismiss any sort of negative feedback. When you first meet or speak with the executive leadership at Scribe (not referring to the CEO, but the leaders still there even after the layoffs), you're impressed with their eloquence, intelligence, and ingenuity.
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