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Dear Einstein Industries, Einstein Medical, Einstein Dental, Einstein Law, and other affiliated organizations, including DocShop.com:

After an extensive evaluation of your company, I am convinced that your performance as my employer was shameful at best. For the future, I recommend that all management personnel do a thorough gut-check before opening their mouths to speak about any matter regarding late pay checks, lay offs, employee negativity, or restructuring. Ask yourself several questions before speaking, including (but certainly not limited to): Are any of the things I’m about to say untrue, unreasonable, or inconsiderate of the feelings of my employees? Will I sound like a total douchebag to someone who works harder than I do to earn a fifth of my salary? Will my statements anger my employees, who will then leave, start their own companies, and further undercut our client base? If the answer to any of these questions is “Yes,” you may want to reconsider your comments. Better yet, you may want to just re-evaluate your entire business strategy and downsize on the lies, poor working environment, and general douchebaggery. I’m obviously not a management or sales expert (After all, I can spell correctly, write coherent sentences, and use punctuation occasionally), but if I were you, I would take a close look at my relationship with my employees and how it relates to my success as a company. Or lack thereof.

Pay: I never got a raise, regardless of positive reviews during my employment.

Respect: Now, I could be wrong here, but it really started to seem like management didn’t care about the production teams. As just one example, when paychecks started showing up late, none of the management personnel gave updates on when the checks could be expected and why they were late in the first place. I can only assume (since they didn’t say otherwise), that the walk from building 1 to buildings 2 and 3 was probably really long.

Benefits: After I told my doctor what kind of insurance I had, she said, “Oh. I’m sorry.”

Job Security: I got laid off and all my friends got laid off, except for my buddies who quit before they got laid off. I’m personally grateful to all those ex-Einstein employees who started web development companies catering to plastic surgeons, cosmetic dentists, and personal injury lawyers. I’m surprisingly qualified to work for their companies.

Work/Life Balance: When I left the office, I was mostly unhindered.

Career Potential/Growth: I’ve learned “allot” at Einstein Industries. Although there’s no actual career potential there, I believe I have experienced tons of growth during my employment, mostly about dealing with people. Or how not to deal with people. I’ve learned that general disrespect for your employees leads to revolt, that kissing every client’s you-know-what doesn’t lead to great sales, and that doing your job well doesn’t mean you get to keep it.

Location: Eh. Mira Mesa. Not easy. Not hard. Didn’t much care.

Co-worker Competence: I felt comfortable working with about 95 percent of production and about 25 percent of everyone else. I was most uncomfortable with the general decision making of the upper management. It seemed there were bad decisions made everywhere. Everything from finances to building purchases, from products to tradeshows, from new hires to layoffs. Fail, fail, fail. All of it was poorly planned, and even more poorly executed.

Work Environment: I was a huge fan of the squeaking pipes, the unfinished ceiling, and the broken appliances in the kitchen.

In conclusion, I feel pretty certain that Einstein probably won’t last that much longer. There are too many other companies that Einstein has spawned that can do the same job for cheaper. Einstein has also lost or laid off many of its most talented people, and everyone left is looking for a way out.