It has amazed me how much the culture has negatively changed in the years I have been at SCJ. Many of the insights I will share have the same sentiments of others on Glassdoor.
WFH Policy: Pathetic and laughable. Fisk/Upper management has a “butts in seat” and “we are better together” attitude. Fisk/Upper management has refused to update the policy, which currently allows someone to work from home one day a week, ONLY if they live 20+ miles from campus. There is not trust that people will do their work yet we just proved that we could through the beginning of the pandemic while working from home.
Sustainability: As others have said in their reviews, Fisk has been flying around the world, posing for pictures and swimming with garbage, yet he will not support the reduction of emissions produced when every single person drives their car to the office 5 days a week.
Covid Response: Embarrassing to say the least. SCJ tried to force employees back into the office while Covid numbers were increasing last year (just before Thanksgiving 2020). Then they backed off. They did bring everyone back in the spring after multiple attempts. SCJ made it very difficult to get a medical exception. Forcing you to go to your doctor multiple times to fill out the same form that had one change. As if doctors had nothing else to do! We were in the midst of the pandemic. The amount of stress this added to the lives of those with medical concerns was unconscionable. By June everyone was forced back to the office no matter your health status. Currently, barely anyone wears a mask in the office. It is not mandated. Employees (especially management) could care less about the health of others. Our competitors have been extremely reasonable with their Covid response. Too bad SCJ didn’t handle themselves with care and concern for those that do the work.
Bonus Structure: You will be told one thing during the interview process and the reality is very different. You will NEVER get your full bonus. No matter how well the company does.
Training/Career Development: What training? It does not exist. Best of luck in your first year. You will need it! If you want to take an outside training course, good luck getting it approved. It will not be in the budget. Career development has completely been taken away.
Promotion: Best of luck getting promoted. It is very difficult and political. Because of the mass exodus at SCJ they are hiring people in with less experience at a higher levels and pay. So much for taking care of those that have been loyal.
Review Process: Forced PMP/rating system. Completely based on favoritism by management.
Reactive: SCJ is not at all proactive with innovation. We are always following and late to the newest trends. This is extremely stressful for employees. The pressure put on employees by management to “hurry up” and validate just to copy our competitors is ridiculous. It is constant panic mode.
