HUMAN Security reviews

I worked at White Ops for many years and was recently let go post-acquisition, with the reason they were going "in a different direction." This rather oddly happened right after my stellar employee review. The strangest and most disappointing part is, HR and Legal were unwilling to alter anything in the separation paperwork, including my request that I be allowed to tell people I left on my own accord, to help make it easier for me to find new employment in the middle of a global pandemic. I was stunned after giving over five years of service, many of those years working over 70 hours a week, that they simply wouldn't budge, even on an ask that had nothing to do with money, which would help someone that had worked so hard for them for so long. After being so dedicated to the company over the years, this lack of empathy and humanity still doesn't make sense to me. I so loved the White Ops mission that I always found a way to power through the bad times. Management has consistently been less than stellar. I was bullied often over the years by my manager and more recently a direct report, but I always stuck it out to continue working with my favorite coworkers and clients. I still don't really know what to make of it all. When you give so much of your heart and soul to something, it's a really sad way for it to end.

The CEO is in between a rock and a hard place. They sold the company to Goldman Sachs and now it's clear that Goldman makes the important decisions and not Leadership. This has facilitated a gigantic change in the company DNA. It used to be a company where employees felt valued, had equity, and were moving the ball forward. However with the recent leadership changes, employees don't feel valued, don't have equity (except for a few select C-Level execs), and don't feel like the company is moving in the right direction. All employees were told the GS acquisition would be a great thing, but it was only a good thing for the co-founders to pad their pockets and they seemingly don't make the decisions anymore and honestly don't seem to care. The Leadership Team has Ask Me Anything's but they seem to dance around the difficult questions w/ a lack of transparency.