Leadership:
Fail to evaluate talent
Terrible hiring decisions, awful promotions
False sense of job titles and responsibilities
False views of product effectiveness
Underwriting team that’s grossly over powered
Slow... slow.. slow
Low ball offers
Culture :
No loyalty
Take take take - work more, pay less
Call center”y” vibe with a dash of broiler room
All in all BlueVine hides behind its year over year growth and “fintech label” to mask what it truly is.
From the outside BlueVine has been successful to this point, yes, funding just under 500M in 2017 but can almost guarantee they fall short of lofty goals in 2018 due to weak infrastructure, awful leadership, a dying culture and lack of general respect for individuals.
The product team has failed to innovate much of anything. Slow & Expensive is only the surface, the back end process from submission to funded is where it gets scary.
To sum up my experience .. if you’re willing to show up at 5AM, rip dials for 12 hours a day and shove grossly overpriced lines of credit down failing businesses throats you’ll be successful and can earn an average income for the Bay Area.
If you’re willing to be a puppet and not have an opinion or think for yourself, you can even get promoted to manager after 2-3 years. Maybe.
I encourage anyone to think it through before drinking the Kool-Aid.
