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He is a much better agent than a leader, another Verve alum said.
I work with drive and passion to lift my clients to reach their greatest potential, he said.
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I deeply value my employees and the personal and professional relationships we share.
I lead with fairness and patience and a dogged focus toward progress and the future.
A great environment turned into a poisoned environment, the person added.
Weinsteins treatment of assistants also was spotlighted in the survey.
I have witnessed verbal abuse of assistants guised as teaching multiple times, one entry read.
Bill Weinstein naturally being the top contender, as he prefers having an audience for his bullying.
It really blows my mind that this behavior is allowed in 2022.
Is this the Verve culture?
Things allegedly accelerated after Weinstein became Verve CEO.
He started being very erratic and getting much worse with anger, a Verve alum said.
He would use anger as a weapon to bully people.
Verve did really well for the first 10 years being a certain kind of company.
It was not about the money, one insider said.
With Bill, it was all about the money.
The group includes Weinsteins brother, Adam Weinstein, who remains at Verve.
I will continue to work to resolve our disputes internally and with dignity and propriety.
The truth always prevails.
People like the job they are doing without fear of doing it a different way.
That was a non-starter, sources said.
They wanted to be the anti-Ari , one agency alum said about Verves original mission.
Bill turned into Ari.
Here is Weinsteins statement in its entirety.
I endeavor to always strive for excellence.
I work with drive and passion to lift my clients to reach their greatest potential.
I deeply value my employees and the personal and professional relationships we share.
I lead with fairness and patience and a dogged focus toward progress and the future.
My partners and I have long disagreed on best business practices, accountability and equality.
I will continue to work to resolve our disputes internally and with dignity and propriety.
The truth always prevails.
