I can confidently say that LaSalle Network was overall detrimental to my happiness and mental well-being after working there for over a year. When I think of my time at LaSalle Network, I think of the words deceiving, stressful, unethical, and micromanaging. Initially, I enjoyed working there, because this place was a good bridge from college to the working world with the parties and lack of professionalism, but that soon got old. You are required to work 8-6 without a set lunch break, but if you don’t come in earlier or stay later than that, you aren’t working hard enough and are viewed as a negative contributor to your team and the company. Also, can’t forget coming in on Saturdays about twice a quarter where you are promised mimosas and donuts, which you are also not compensated for. Be prepared to be periodically pulled into conference rooms to get yelled at for your team’s/personal performance by the CEO, C-suite executives, or VPs using phrases like, “you’ve soiled the bed this quarter”, verbally degrading your success compared to other very apparent favorites of the company, or simply screaming at you using other profanity that does not need to be specified to get my point across. After these instances, you’ll be micromanaged where you can’t even make one call without your managers critiquing you, have 3 stand ups a day to talk about your daily goal progress, and have your metrics monitored by the hour.
One very memorable day was during weeklies, when the company was severely behind goal in the first quarter of the year. Leave it to the CEO to grab an iPad and start bashing it into one of the desks screaming at all of us for not doing well. That day was a prime example of how unsafe and unethical this company can make you feel. It is a constant cycle of how your performance is never good enough and it became exhausting. LaSalle Network paints this positive persona on their social media to showcase the seemingly happy culture that does not exist behind closed doors. They successfully mask and conceal the negative, cult-like culture with rebirthdays, obsessing over their awards, balloons, and reiterating the “lack of turnover” by highlighting the same people who have been there for 5+ years.
The Project Managers are severely underpaid considering the amount of time spent in that office. You will start at 40k and maybe get a bonus here and there. They say the different bonus brackets are 10%, 15%, and 20% depending on how many placements you get, but that is also a lie, because they shave off 2% of each bonus bracket going back to the house. If your clients do not pay on time, good luck! So in reality, your bonuses are minuscule compared to what you are promised to make up for the unfortunate bases. There is no clear cut track to promotions, raises, or other benefits down the line unless you are one of the favorites. Instead, they will give you meaningless “roles” on the team in your 1:1’s to make you feel like you are making a difference, but in reality you will not be compensated or rewarded after successfully working hard to do what your manager says.
Upon your exit at LaSalle, you will not receive an exit interview, you will not be paid out for your PTO, and you will not have the eligibility to work the remainder of the 2 weeks unless you don’t have any job lined up. There was absolutely nothing handled professionally during my departure. I am thankful to have realized there is so many better and more ethical companies out there for me that align with my professional and personal goals than LaSalle Network. I was told during my exit that everyone is replaceable at this company, so if that is something that you believe in and is self motivating to you, then by all means, this is the company for you.
