Dubber Reviews

1. Completely ZERO autonomy, and empowerment. All decisions irrespective of what they are go back to the top of HQ in Australia and always end up with CEO and COO. Given the appalling performance of the business and the shocking rate they have burned through cash needlessly leading to the 40% global headcount reduction in March 2023, the executive team should take responsibility and be held accountable by the board and investors, which is yet to happen.. 2. There is absolutely no strategy and direction, with the executive leadership constantly changing their minds about decisions and operating off their opinions as opposed to using any insight to drive decision making. There is no roadmap to sustainably growing business revenues, an understanding of which client targets need to be secured to execute against any plan, and no company alignment across teams and regions, which has accelerated the cash burn rate and destroyed what little confidence there was in the business. Given the size of this organisation, it really shouldn't be this complicated. 3. Commissions are never paid properly and the CRO fabricates his own rules and docks commissions for those that actually achieve or overachieve against their very complicated plan. For the rest of the team commission plans that target ARR booked revenue, are wildly unachievable and ludicrous in seize, meaning majority of the sales team don't actually earn any commissions. The commission plans themselves have historically been drafted and managed from Australia and have been very poorly written, with a large degree of ambiguity, which is purposeful to allow the CRO to move goalposts all the time. Given the business has not been achieving any of its revenue goals for the past 12 months and burning through cash surely this should mean a review of your sales and CRO function? But not from this business, the executive team operate under their own rules, and so long as their hefty expenses bills continue to fund their lifestyle all is well, and the business continues to hurl towards insolvency. 4. Complete mismanagement of the business and its funds spending enormous amounts of cash with loss-making and irrational initiatives such as, sponsoring an F1 drivers helmet, when you do not yet have a profitable business for zero return. Simply a ploy to send execs to the races entertaining clients / themselves. 5. Employees brought on under false promises and sold lies in order to get them through the door, but the reality is soon uncovered upon arriving. Do your due diligence read the reviews on glass door, read the stock forums on Hot Copper, review the continued stock crash due mismanagement.

Working at Dubber proved to be undeniably frustrating. The company's share price crash instilled uncertainty among employees, especially those with (now almost worthless) shares leaving them hesitant to seek other opportunities and feeling trapped in their current positions. Additionally, the handling of redundancies exposed a concerning pattern of taking from one aspect of the company while indulging in wasteful ventures with another. The soaring costs demanded immediate attention, urging a thorough evaluation of expenses like offices, F1 sponsorships, and regular social events. Implementing cost-saving measures beforehand could have spared jobs and maintained a more stable work environment. Throughout my tenure, I was constantly surrounded by an overwhelming moroseness and apathy, significantly hindering productivity and progress. This disheartening environment could be attributed to the uninspiring management and leadership teams. The high staff turnover, compounded by roles left unfilled, further exacerbated the situation, creating an overall disorganised state of affairs. Moreover, the tech stack within the company left much to be desired, seemingly assembled with matchsticks and chewing gum. This technical inadequacy added another layer of frustration for both employees and clients. The culmination of these challenges eventually led me to make the difficult decision to leave. Gazing towards the future, I couldn't envision Dubber's existence in the next twelve months. Only time will reveal the fate of the company amidst these ongoing struggles.