At its core, this company culture is toxic, lacking integrity and completely artificial. Anthology is focused on curated appearances to drive sales rather than substance to drive client retention.
This can be observed by top notch digital content (nice work, marketing team!) while client platforms go on for years with major unresolved defects and a six-figure conference booth while employees are handed $20-30k pay cuts.
While I saw my friends’ companies supporting them through the pandemic, Anthology barely acknowledged the pandemic was “real”, pressured employees to travel at all costs and retaliated against high risk individuals, mothers and pregnant women who refused travel for the safety of their families.
In fact, after a brief moment of silence for team mates who passed due to Covid during a division meeting, a senior leader went on to explain that getting in front of the customer is critical to revenue efforts and the expectation for the team.
Senior leaders brought a new father on stage during a company kickoff in Texas to praise him for leaving his wife two days after giving birth and traveling to Texas in the middle of a pandemic to attend a company meeting. This show of loyalty against all odds is behavior they expect.
The dinosaur platforms have been abandoned by talented developers and hard working employees who still exist are buried in 100-150 customers a piece, drowning to support their needs while the product crumbles and no one remains to fix it. After a mass exodus of employees, I anticipate a similar exit from remaining clients.
I would not recommend Anthology to anyone with integrity in its current state. I sincerely hope the few remaining top notch employees are recognized for their work and that toxic leadership is let go so the company can salvage whatever is left.
There are many companies in the higher ed tech space which will value you, treat you with respect AND provide a wonderful place to grow your career. Look elsewhere if you want to keep your career and mental state intact.
