Started out well but in a downward spiral - Anonymous Ansarada Employee Review

2.0
4 Aug 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ansarada has a fantastic position and opportunity within their market. The problems they are solving are real and they lucky enough to (still) have some fantastic people working for them. Salaries are competitive, the office has a good vibe and there are some nice additional perks. Great view, nice food, gym, showers to name a few. Ansarada also has a great working from home policy in place (before Covid-19) that is truly a great benefit and helpful to young families and those juggling their work life balance.

Cons

Despite the above Ansarada is in dire straits. The CEO is unable to take accountability for previous mistakes and blame is passed down the hierarchy to either employees at the bottom or previous colleagues who made a smart decision to leave. At Ansarada there is a leadership team and then then is a 'leadership' leadership team that consists of those who have figured out that staying close, agreeing unapologetically to whatever the new 'grand plan' is ensures them job security, promotions and a place in the Ivory Tower to avoid any of the 'stuff' handed down. The CEO believes that once he has read a book on something he is suddenly an expert. Anyone who is hired for their expertise and holds an opposing view is soon in the bad books and on the chopping block. When I joined Ansarada I was full of hope with a great potential product for an evident solution in the market. However under times of struggle true colours have become evident resulting in an 'elephant in the room' toxic culture led from the top.

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5.0
2 Oct 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

During my time at Ansarada, I was very pleased with the value that was placed on the employee experience. The culture is great and the people are some of the best I’ve had the pleasure of working with. The emphasis on collaboration fosters relationships built across business silos and individuals are given the opportunity to play to their strengths and lean on the strengths of others to achieve a common goal. There is an ever increasing amount of attention devoted to development and enablement, for example the company wide book clubs and the new tools that constantly being added to empower employees. They are hiring some of the best leaders from some of the top SaaS companies in the world and you can already see some of the influences that these new additions are bringing to the table.

Cons

Ansarada is very well established in many other regions of the world and now the focus is on taking the factors that have garnered such traction globally and making them a staple here in the US. With penetrating any new market comes challenges and growing pains. Some things work in one market that don’t necessarily work in other markets. What matters is that management is paying attention to what works and what doesn’t and adjustments are made swiftly. This can cause a lot of change and requires a lot of agility from employees, but would you rather a company that doesn’t adapt? I honestly believe that Ansarada is on the right track for delivering a platform that empowers businesses to be better prepared to execute when opportunity presents itself.

4
1.0
11 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Absolutely none. Sorry to say.

Cons

Judgmental aggressive work environment in USA. Really bad. No training and no support. They rent the office in Chicago because they know they won't be here for long.

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